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Bacteria Could Steady Buildings Against Earthquakes
February 22, 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 -
Evacuation No Option For Flood In Netherland's Most Populous Area
December 7, 2006 — A flood in the southern Randstad will claim thousands of victims. And evacuating the area would only save precious few lives, TU Delft researcher Bas Jonkman states in the latest edition of Delft ... > full story -
Joining Forces To Predict Tsunamis: Pan-European Approach To Disaster Prevention
November 6, 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 8, 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 -
Ground Movement Risks Identified By Terrafirma
September 8, 2006 — Ground movements are responsible for hundreds of deaths and billions of Euros annually, and the threat they pose is increasing due to urbanization and land use. ESA's GMES Service Element Program is ... > 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 16, 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 -
Recent Landslides In La Conchita, California Belong To Much Larger Prehistoric Slide
October 23, 2005 — The deadly landslide that killed 10 people and destroyed 30 homes in La Conchita, California last January is but a tiny part of a much larger slide, called the Rincon Mountain slide, discovered by ... > full story
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