Natural Disaster News

Posted January 27, 2011:

• Weighing the Costs of Disaster

Posted January 23, 2011:

• World's Biggest Extinction Event: Massive Volcanic Eruption, Burning Coal and Accelerated Greenhouse Gas Choked out Life

Posted January 20, 2011:

• 2010 Ties Record for World's Warmest Year: World Meteorological Organization

Posted January 18, 2011:

• Special Sugar, Nanoparticles Combine to Detect Cholera Toxin
• Storms, Soccer Matches Hidden in Seismometer Noise

Posted January 17, 2011:

• Haiti Dominates Earthquake Fatalities in 2010
• ARkStorm: California’s Other 'Big One'

Posted January 14, 2011:

• Donating to Disaster Victims: What Makes Us Reach for Our Wallets?

Posted January 12, 2011:

• How Children Cope With the Aftermath of a Hurricane
• Extent of Corruption in Countries Around the World Tied to Earthquake Fatalities

Posted January 7, 2011:

• More Than 3,000 Survivors of the World Trade Center Attacks Experience Long-Term Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Posted January 6, 2011:

• Deep Interior of Moon Resembles Earth's Core

Posted December 23, 2010:

• Six Years After the 2004 Tsunami Disaster, Technical Setup of the Early Warning Sysem Completed
• Back to the Dead Sea: Climate Change Study Digs Into Half a Million Years of History

Posted December 22, 2010:

• Drilling Project in the Dead Sea Aimed at Climate History and History of Humankind

Posted December 20, 2010:

• Mexico Quake Studies Uncover Surprises for California
• Water Pathways from the Deep Sea to Volcanoes

Posted December 17, 2010:

• As Earthquakes Take Their Toll, Engineers Look at Enhancing Building Designs

Posted December 16, 2010:

• Geologist Develops Improved Seismic Model for Monitoring Nuclear Explosions in Middle East

Posted December 14, 2010:

• Cassini Spots Potential Ice Volcanoes on Saturn's Moon Titan
• Geologist's Discoveries Resolve Debate About Oxygen in Earth's Mantle

Posted December 13, 2010:

• Hot Stuff: Magma at Shallow Depth Under Hawaii
• 'Array of Arrays' Coaxing Secrets from Unfelt Seismic Tremor Events
• Earthshaking Possibilities May Limit Underground Storage of Carbon Dioxide

Posted December 10, 2010:

• Assessing the Seismic Hazard of the Central Eastern United States

Posted December 9, 2010:

• New Way Found of Monitoring Volcanic Ash Cloud

Posted December 8, 2010:

• Childhood Maltreatment, High Magnitude Stressors Are Stronger Predictors of Psychiatric Symptoms Than Military Sexual Stressors
• Fire Disaster in Israel Is a Typical Example of Expected Climate Change Effects in the Mediterranean

Posted December 2, 2010:

• Researchers Find Mathematical Patterns to Forecast Earthquakes

Posted November 30, 2010:

• How Earthquakes Can Be Predicted: Researchers Reveal New Means

Posted November 29, 2010:

• Fire Forecast Technology Could Help Rescue Teams Save Lives

Posted November 22, 2010:

• 'M8' Earthquake Simulation Breaks Computational Records, Promises Better Quake Models

Posted November 18, 2010:

• Panama Canal, Panama City at Risk of Large Earthquake, Says New Research
• Ten Years of Soufriere Hills Volcano Research

Posted November 17, 2010:

• Months of Geologic Unrest Signaled Reawakening of Icelandic Volcano

Posted November 15, 2010:

• Novel Ocean-Crust Mechanism Could Affect World's Carbon Budget and Climate

Posted November 3, 2010:

• Volcanoes Have Shifted Asian Rainfall

Posted October 28, 2010:

• Root of the Matter: A New Map Shows Life-Saving Forests' Scarcity Defies Past Estimates

Posted October 27, 2010:

• Speed Gun for Earth's Insides to Help Measure Mantle Motion

Posted October 25, 2010:

• Haiti Earthquake Caused by Unknown Fault; Blamed Fault Ready to Produce Large Earthquake
• Quakes Don't Completely Shake China's Environmental Gains, Thanks to Conservation Programs

Posted October 20, 2010:

• Fire-Breathing Storm Systems
• Mounting Research Shows Increased Health Risks from Volcanic Air Pollution

Posted October 19, 2010:

• Old Logging Practices Linked to High Erosion Rates

Posted October 18, 2010:

• Study of Haiti Quake Yields Surprising Results
• Earth's Deep Water Cycle Needs Revision, Geophysicists Claim

Posted October 11, 2010:

• Rare Melt Key to ‘Ring of Fire’

Posted October 10, 2010:

• Tsunami Risk Higher in Los Angeles, Other Major Cities Than Thought, Haiti Study Suggests

Posted October 7, 2010:

• Mystery of Italy's Mount Etna Explained?

Posted October 6, 2010:

• Volcano Fuels Massive Phytoplankton Bloom

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