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Preparing for Climate Change-Induced Weather Disasters
February 17, 2013 — The news sounds grim: Mounting scientific evidence indicates climate change will lead to more frequent and intense extreme weather that affects larger areas and lasts longer. However, we can reduce ... > full story -
New Owl Species Discovered in Indonesia Is Unique to One Island
February 13, 2013 — A new owl is the first endemic bird species discovered on the island of Lombok, Indonesia, according to new ... > full story -
Flood Research Shows Human Habits Die Hard: Few Make Plans to Cut Vulnerability
February 13, 2013 — New research has come up with ways to quickly assess flood damage to houses while also showing most people didn't intend to make changes to reduce their vulnerability after the devastating 2010-11 ... > full story -
Quake Test: Can NYC's Row Houses Handle an Earthquake?
February 13, 2013 — Researchers will conduct a rare -- if not unprecedented -- large-scale earthquake simulation to determine how vulnerable New York's unreinforced masonry buildings (row houses) are to ... > full story -
Isotope Patterns in Ancient Volcanic Sulfur Tell Which Global Cooling Episodes Were Caused by Volcanic Eruptions
February 11, 2013 — Volcanoes are well known for cooling the climate. But just how much and when has been a bone of contention among historians, glaciologists and archeologists. Now a team of atmosphere chemists has ... > full story -
Stress Change During the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake Illuminated
February 7, 2013 — The March 11, 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake produced the largest slip ever recorded in an earthquake, over 50 meters. Such huge fault movement on the shallow portion of the megathrust boundary came as a ... > full story -
The Deep Roots of Catastrophe: Partly Molten, Florida-Sized Blob Forms Atop Earth's Core
February 7, 2013 — A seismologist analyzed seismic waves that bombarded Earth’s core, and believes he got a look at the earliest roots of Earth’s most cataclysmic kind of volcanic eruption. But don’t ... > full story -
Eruption Risk Perception Disconnected from Detected Threat
February 6, 2013 — The perceived risk of having a volcanic eruption needs to match the actual risk, detected through combined technologies including remote sensing of volcanic gasses, before dire consequences can be ... > full story -
Cargo Container Research to Improve Buildings' Ability to Withstand Tsunamis
February 5, 2013 — A research team has determined just what the impact of cargo containers could be and will present findings at an international conference in June. The goal is to supply structural engineers with ... > full story -
Hoodoos: Key to Earthquakes?
February 4, 2013 — In the absence of long-term instrumental data, fragile rock formations, called hoodoos, may be key to understanding seismic hazard risk. In a new study, researchers consider two hoodoos in Red Rock ... > full story
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