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Sinking Coastline May Precede Large Subduction Zone Quakes
January 21, 2005 — Some massive earthquakes like the one that generated the recent tsunami in South Asia are preceded by slight sinking along nearby coastlines two to five years before the rupture, according to a new ... > full story -
Pinatubo's Rivers Show The Danger Isn't Over When Volcanic Eruption Ends
January 6, 2005 — Mount Pinatubo erupted with devastating force in June 1991, and now the Philippines volcano is proving to be an ideal laboratory for studying the "hydrologic aftermath" of a volcanic ... > full story -
Scientists Issue Mount St. Helens Volcanic Advisory
October 1, 2004 — Seismic activity at Mount St. Helens has accelerated significantly recently, increasing scientists' level of concern that current unrest could culminate in an ... > full story -
Canary Islands Landslides And Mega-Tsunamis: Should We Really Be Frightened?
August 15, 2004 — What is the reality behind stories of mega-tsunamis wiping out the American east coast and southern England? Very little, according to Dr Russell Wynn and Dr Doug Masson from Southampton Oceanography ... > full story -
Researchers Detail Landslides With Powerful New Space-Born Imaging Techniques
June 25, 2004 — A research team led by the University of California, Berkeley, has detailed the downhill movement of San Francisco Bay Area landslides using powerful new space-born imaging ... > full story -
New Mudslides Expected With Heavy Storms In Southern California
February 24, 2004 — The devastating Christmas Day mudslides, known to scientists as debris flows, were more widespread than most people realize, according to the U.S. Geological Survey ... > full story -
Last Catastrophic Landslide Protects Kilauea From Next
December 9, 2003 — The Hawaiian Islands are home to the largest documented shoreline collapse in history, an ancient seaward landslide that sent rocks from the island of Oahu to sites more than 100 miles ... > full story -
Satellites Assist Planners Preventing Floods
December 1, 2003 — Virtual floods modelled inside computers are an increasingly useful means for authorities to prepare for genuine river surges. With flooding classed as the world's most costly natural hazard, an ... > full story -
After The Forest Fire: Evergreen Needles Prevent Soil Erosion
November 19, 2003 — Once a raging forest fire is quelled, the next worry is erosion of the landscape. With vegetation destroyed, rain easily washes away the soil, causing large flows of debris and landslides. Erosion ... > full story -
Improved Remote Mapping Of Disaster Zones: Columbia Researchers Develop "Fingerprinting" Techniqhes For Synthetic Aperture Radar Mapping
October 28, 2003 — Research by scientists at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University shows that Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) polarimetry is a more superior technology for rapidly identifying ... > full story
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