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Taking the Guesswork out of Soil Classification
June 7, 2010 — A researcher has developed a technique that uses digital imaging of soil samples to take some of the guesswork out of wetland ... > full story -
Major Hurricane Could Devastate Houston
May 26, 2010 — With the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season less than a week away, a new report is warning that a major hurricane could devastate the Houston/Galveston region.The report indicates that even a moderately ... > full story -
First Detailed Underwater Survey of Huge Volcanic Flank Collapse Deposits
May 5, 2010 — Oceanographers are mapping an extremely large landslide deposits offshore from an active volcano on Montserrat in the Lesser ... > full story -
Researchers Model Movement of Radioactive Materials in Soil
April 23, 2010 — Agricultural scientists are helping US Nuclear Regulatory Commission experts model the movement of radioactive materials in the soil. Their findings can be used to fine-tune the risk assessment ... > full story -
Logging Debris Suppresses Development of an Invasive Competitor, Scotch Broom
April 2, 2010 — Countless studies and reports exist describing how a landscape is impacted after logging Douglas-fir: What is the impact on the soil? Should one leave the debris in place? Pile it? Burn it or haul it ... > full story -
Rain, Rain, Go Online
February 19, 2010 — A new webcam at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is keeping an eye on debris and water flows that could course down nearby wildfire-stripped hillsides during a ... > full story -
Thirty-Eight Percent of World's Surface in Danger of Desertification
February 9, 2010 — Researchers have measured the degradation of the planet's soil using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), a scientific methodology that analyses the environmental impact of human activities, and which ... > full story -
Reconstruction of the Most Intense Avalanches of the Last 40 Years in the Catalonian Pyrenees
January 12, 2010 — Researchers have studied the dynamics of avalanches in the Catalonian Pyrenees using dendrochronology (exact dating from tree-ring growth). The results show that the periods 1971-72, 1995-96 and ... > full story -
More Insight Into Radioactive Salt Marshes
December 15, 2009 — A researcher has analyzed gamma radiation in salt marshes. The development of salt marshes, vegetated areas periodically flooded by the sea, occurs differently than was previously thought. Knowledge ... > full story -
Sensing Disasters From Space: 'Earth Binoculars' See Our Planet Through An Astral Lens
October 22, 2009 — An Israeli researcher's "hyperspectral remote sensor" combines sophisticated sensors in orbit with sensors on the ground and in the air to give advance warnings about contamination, pollution and ... > full story
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