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Hawaiian Hotspot Variability Attributed to Small-Scale Convection
June 29, 2011 — Small scale convection at the base of the Pacific plate has been simulated in a model of mantle plume dynamics, enabling researchers to explain the complex set of observations at the Hawaiian ... > full story -
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Greener Disaster Alerts: Low-Energy Wireless Sensor Networks Warn of Hurricanes, Earthquakes
June 27, 2011 — New software allows wireless sensor networks to run at much lower energy, according to researchers. The technology could improve efficiency for hurricane and other natural disaster warning ... > full story -
Flooding of Ancient Salton Sea Linked to San Andreas Earthquakes
June 27, 2011 — Southern California's Salton Sea, once a large natural lake fed by the Colorado River, may play an important role in the earthquake cycle of the southern San Andreas Fault and may have triggered ... > full story -
Oil Drilling Disasters: New Skills Needed to Avoid Major Disasters
June 27, 2011 — Regulations and procedures in themselves are not enough to ensure safety during oil-drilling operations, conclude researchers who have studied the accident investigation reports from the Deepwater ... > full story -
Newspaper Archives Help to Understand Coastal Flooding Along the South of England
June 24, 2011 — A unique study using over 70 years of information from local newspapers has helped to examine the incidence and location of coastal floods in the Solent region of southern ... > full story -
Neutrino Oscillations Caught in the Act
June 23, 2011 — Physicists at the T2K experiment in Japan have announced that, for the first time, they have most likely detected the transformation of muon neutrinos into electron neutrinos. With a probability of ... > full story -
Stiff Sediments Made 2004 Sumatra Earthquake Deadliest in History
June 22, 2011 — Geoscientists have discovered an unusual geological formation that helps explain how an undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in December 2004 spawned the deadliest tsunami in recorded ... > full story -
Taking Stock of US National Fire Plan to Restore Western Forests
June 21, 2011 — Researchers have analyzed recent federal strategies to restore forests on western U.S. forestlands. They evaluated treatments implemented under the U.S. National Fire Plan (NFP); activities included ... > full story -
Landsat 5 Satellite Helps Emergency Managers Fight Largest Fire in Arizona History
June 16, 2011 — The largest fire in the history of the state of Arizona continues to burn and emergency managers and responders are using satellite data from a variety of instruments to plan their firefighting ... > full story -
Firefighters' Communications: Wireless 'Breadcrumbs' That Won’t Become Toast When Baked ... or Soggy When Hosed
June 16, 2011 — When Hansel and Gretel ventured into the forest, they left a trail of breadcrumbs to find their way home. In today's world, digital signals connect us to friends, family, and colleagues and help us ... > full story
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