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Millions Of Pounds Of Trash Found On Ocean Beaches
Ocean Conservancy released
its annual report on trash
in the ocean with new data
from the 2007 International
Coastal Cleanup the most
comprehensive snapshot of
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Enormous Submarine Landslide 60,000 Years Ago Produced The Longest Flow Of Sand And Mud On Earth
An enormous submarine
landslide that disintegrated
60,000 years ago produced
the longest flow of sand and
mud yet documented on Earth.
... > full story
When The Levees Fail
"A hard rain's a-gonna
fall," Dylan sang. But when
rain and storm surges fall
on lands protected by weak
levees, this means
trouble...big trouble.
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
were devastating reminders
... > full story
New Tool Determines Landslide Risk In Tropics
Engineers have devised a
simple yet effective system
for determining an area's
landslide risk, a tool that
could help planners improve
building codes, determine
... > full story
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Proximity To A Flood Zone Lowers Property Values
April 3, 2008 — Proximity to a flood zone lowers property values. By law, a property is considered in a “flood zone” if any part of the structure falls within a floodplain, an area that is adjacent to a ... > full story -
Post-Katrina Rebuilding? Mississippi Delta Both Spongy And Stable
February 22, 2008 — The bad news is that the Mississippi Delta is sinking as much as one fifth of an inch per year and sometimes even more. But the good news is that the sinking is mostly limited to the uppermost layer ... > full story -
Earth Observation Essential For Geohazard Mitigation
December 6, 2007 — Every year geohazards -- such as volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides and tsunamis -- claim thousands of lives, devastate homes and destroy livelihoods. In an effort to reduce their impact, more than ... > full story -
Bacteria Could Steady Buildings Against Earthquakes
February 26, 2007 — Soil bacteria could be used to help steady buildings against earthquakes, according to researchers at UC Davis. The microbes can literally convert loose, sandy soil into ... > full story -
Joining Forces To Predict Tsunamis: Pan-European Approach To Disaster Prevention
November 7, 2006 — Following a series of well documented natural disasters with grave human and economic consequences, the ability to predict these devastating events has once more come to the fore as a research ... > full story -
Predicting An Answer To The Threat Of Flooding
September 12, 2006 — The latest advances in computer flood modeling and animation that could help to improve the way we protect the UK's towns and cities from flooding will be highlighted at this year's BA Festival of ... > full story -
New Space Observations Poised To Save Lives From Floods, Landslides
May 24, 2006 — Using NASA's advanced Earth-observing satellites, scientists have discovered a new opportunity to build early detection systems that might protect thousands from floods and landslides. This potential ... > full story -
Researchers Assess Risks Associated With Living In Low-lying Coastal Areas
May 17, 2006 — Low-elevation coastal zones, those regions of the planet within 100km of a coast and below 10m in elevation, account for only about 2 percent of the world's land area, but are home to roughly 10 ... > full story -
Chance Discovery: Alaska Range Glacier Surges
March 17, 2006 — There is evidence that the McGinnis Glacier, a little-known tongue of ice in the central Alaska Range, has surged. Assistant Professor of Physics Martin Truffer recently noticed the lower portion of ... > full story -
Dragon Over Water: Envisat Monitors China's Largest Lake, Rivers Flooding
November 22, 2005 — Envisat ASAR Global Monitoring Mode rapid-revisit images -- employed as part of ESA's Dragon Programme -- have charted the hydrological cycle of China's largest freshwater body, Poyang Lake, whose ... > full story
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