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New Liquefaction Hazard Maps Of Santa Clara Valley, Northern California
January 27, 2009 — New hazard maps for Northern California delineate the probability of earthquake-induced liquefaction, based on three scenarios: A magnitude 7.8 on the San Andreas Fault comparable to the 1906 event, ... > full story -
More Accurate FEMA Flood Maps Could Help Avoid Significant Damages And Losses
January 23, 2009 — Significant loss of life, destroyed property and businesses, and repairs to infrastructure could be avoided by replacing Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps with ones that contain ... > full story -
Earthquakes, El Ninos Fatal To Earliest Civilization In Americas
January 19, 2009 — First came the earthquakes, then the torrential rains. But the relentless march of sand across once fertile fields and bays, a process set in motion by the quakes and flooding, is probably what did ... > full story -
Odd-Looking Martian Craters Indicate Hidden Ice
January 2, 2009 — Surface features common in the northern and southern midlatitudes of Mars and known as lobate debris aprons and lineated valley fill are believed to have formed either as debris flows mobilized by ... > full story -
How Healthy Are America's Coasts?
December 16, 2008 — The overall condition of the nation's coastal waters has improved slightly, based on a recently released environmental assessment. The overall condition of America's coasts is rated as "fair," based ... > full story -
Replacing Corn With Perennial Grasses Improves Carbon Footprint Of Biofuels
December 2, 2008 — Converting forests or fields to biofuel crops can increase or decrease greenhouse gas emissions, depending on where -- and which -- biofuel crops are used, researchers ... > full story -
Rock Avalanches And Landslides: Modeling When The Mountain Slides Down Into The Valley
November 17, 2008 — Rock avalanches and landslides, rock falls and slope slips are all contained in the concept of mass movements. The ever more intensive usage of the mountainous regions and the climate change are some ... > full story -
Forecasting Rain: Radars For Estimating Rainfall Rates
November 6, 2008 — To be effective, flood warning systems use rainfall data available in real time. These data come from the ground observation network and estimations made based on the national network of climate ... > full story -
Models Help Assess Biofuels' Sustainability
October 13, 2008 — Many agricultural products can be converted into feedstocks for alternative fuel. Now analysis from the Agricultural Research Service suggests that they can be used this way without reducing the ... > full story -
Vegetation Hardly Affected By Extreme Flood Events: Impacts On Flora And Fauna Of The Elbe Flood Of 2002
September 24, 2008 — Extreme flood events in floodplain grasslands affect carabid beetles and molluscs more than plants. Biologists did several years of observations before and after the Elbe floods of August 2002 in ... > full story
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