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Lessons of the 1953 East Coast of England Flood Disaster
January 29, 2013 — Sixty years ago, on 31 January and 1 February 1953, over 300 people died in flooding on the East Coast of England. Recent research has found that the Cabinet partly funded the response to avoid blame ... > full story -
Scientists Underestimated Potential for Tohoku Earthquake: Now What?
January 23, 2013 — The massive Tohoku, Japan, earthquake in 2011 and Sumatra-Andaman superquake in 2004 stunned scientists because neither region was thought to be capable of producing a megathrust earthquake with a ... > full story -
Scientists Describe a 'New' Type of Volcanic Eruption
January 21, 2013 — Scientists based in the UK and New Zealand have described a “new” type of volcanic eruption. Volcanic eruptions are commonly categorized as either explosive or effusive. But now, ... > full story -
Ancient Earth's Geochemistry: Some Tectonic Processes Driving Volcanic Activity Occurred 3.8 Billion Years Ago
January 18, 2013 — Researchers still have much to learn about the volcanism that shaped our planet's early history. New evidence demonstrates that some of the tectonic processes driving volcanic activity, such as those ... > full story -
Unrestricted Access to the Details of Deadly Volcanic Eruptions
January 18, 2013 — Details of around 2,000 major volcanic eruptions which occurred over the last 1.8 million years have been made available in a new open access ... > full story -
Small UAV Supports Development of Lightweight Sensors
January 15, 2013 — Engineers are developing an airborne testing capability for sensors, communications devices and other payloads. Their aerial test bed is known as the GTRI Airborne Unmanned Sensor System ... > full story -
Faulty Behavior: New Earthquake Fault Models Show That 'Stable' Zones May Contribute to the Generation of Massive Earthquakes
January 9, 2013 — In an earthquake, ground motion is the result of waves emitted when the two sides of a fault move rapidly past each other. Not all fault segments move so quickly, however -- some slip slowly and are ... > full story -
Flooding Preparedness Needs to Include Infection Prevention and Control Strategies
January 9, 2013 — Clinical investigators report key findings and recommendations related to the closure and re-opening of hospitals impacted by black-water floods. The guidance builds on lessons learned from Thailand ... > full story -
Seismic Fabric Coming on the Market
January 7, 2013 — In the case of earthquakes, only seconds may remain for a safe escape from buildings. Debris falling down and obstructing the escape routes may even aggravate the situation. A new product extends the ... > full story -
More Serious Earthquakes Predicted in the Himalayas
December 28, 2012 — Scientists have discovered that massive earthquakes in the range of 8 to 8.5 magnitudes on the Richter scale have left clear ground scars in the central Himalayas. This ground-breaking discovery has ... > full story
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