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Noah's Flood Hypothesis May Not Hold Water
June 17, 2002 — In 1996, marine geologists William Ryan and Walter Pitman published a scientifically popular hypothesis, titled Noah's Flood Hypothesis. The researchers presented evidence of a bursting flood ... > full story -
Tsunami Researcher Makes Big Splash With Landslide Model
February 1, 2002 — When University of Rhode Island ocean engineering professor Stephan Grilli says he’s making waves with his research, he’s not kidding. He uses a 30-meter wave tank to simulate landslides ... > full story -
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Rutgers Research On Shear Activity May Improve Safety In Areas As Diverse As Landslides, Pill Manufacture
January 18, 2002 — Wind shear, the force feared by airline pilots, has an important earthbound counterpart, write Rutgers engineers in a paper published Jan. 17 in the prestigious science journal "Nature." ... > full story -
Sea Grant, NOAA National Severe Storms Lab Develop New Weather Technology
September 20, 2001 — Scientists are testing new advanced weather technology in a pilot program from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), NOAA's ... > full story -
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Researchers Test Breakaway Walls For Coastal Homes, Buildings
May 25, 2001 — Nothing can prevent a storm from hitting, but a team of North Carolina State University researchers is testing new designs for "breakaway walls" that could reduce damage to homes and ... > full story -
University At Buffalo Research Offers First Evidence That Massive Lava Flows Triggered Apocalyptic Climate Changes
November 16, 2000 — A University at Buffalo geologist has shown that it is very likely that huge flood basalt eruptions caused dramatic global-scale climate shifts and mass extinctions, even if lava is erupted ... > full story -
Trapped Water Could Be A Cause For Underwater Landslides, Tidal Waves
July 17, 2000 — Penn State analyses of the continental slope about 100 miles off the northern New Jersey coast show that water trapped in sediments there is highly pressurized and, if expelled violently, could cause ... > full story -
New Geological Research Suggests Undersea Cracks Along East Coast Continental Shelf Pose Danger Of Landslides And Tsunamis
May 10, 2000 — Geological research by scientists from The University of Texas at Austin's Institute for Geophysics, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth ... > full story -
New Orleans ... The New Atlantis?
January 21, 2000 — With predicted sea level rise, wetland loss, subsidence, and the absence of restoration programs, the future of New Orleans appears bleak. Research from University of New Orleans scientists examine ... > full story -
Landslides Will Continue To Impact U.S. -- Tumbling Rocks Cost Dollars And Lives
June 29, 1999 — Scenic rock cliffs falling to valley floors, rocks ripping out mountainsides, mud and debris moving down valleys at deadly speeds, mines and caves collapsing, and ocean and river bluffs sliding into ... > full story
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