How does a flood become a disaster?
What are the causes, patterns and effects of disastrous river flood? An international group of researchers led by GFZ hydrologist Bruno Merz has investigated this question in a review article published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth and Environm.....»»
Indonesia volcano eruption death toll rises to 34
The death toll from the eruption of Indonesia's Mount Semeru volcano rose to 34 on Tuesday, the national disaster agency said, as aid was rushed to the affected region......»»
Prairies facing ecological disaster from uncontrolled spread of wild pigs
His warnings have gone largely unheeded, while wild pigs continue rapidly expanding across Western Canada, with no nationally co-ordinated science-based containment strategy in place and limited provincial resources available. For Brook, it's a recip.....»»
Forests offer minimal protection against major flood events
New research examining whether forests can mitigate flood risk suggests they may offer less protection against major events than had been hoped......»»
Farm animals suffered in B.C. floods despite existing disaster management guidelines
When an atmospheric river hit British Columbia in mid-November, it unleashed record-breaking rainfall triggering devastating floods and mudslides. The provincial government declared a state of emergency on Nov. 17, activating evacuation orders for Me.....»»
Earthquakes and tsunamis in Europe?
Since the tsunami that devastated coasts around the Indian Ocean in December 2004 and the Fukushima disaster in March 2011, people worldwide are aware that geological processes in the ocean can cause significant damage. From a European perspective, s.....»»
Why are homes still being built along rivers? Flooded residents disagree on the solution
Like many residents living near Calgary's rivers, Irene's house flooded in June 2013 when heavy rainfall melted the snowpack in the Rocky Mountains, inundating much of southern Alberta in what was, at the time, the costliest disaster in Canadian hist.....»»
Finland Battles "Exceptional" Malware Attack Spread by Phones
Finland is working to stop a flood of text messages of an unknown origin that are spreading malware. From a report: The messages with malicious links to malware called FluBot number in the millions, according to Aino-Maria Vayrynen, information secur.....»»
Canada"s flood havoc after summer heatwave shows how climate disasters combine to do extra damage
People living in British Columbia will feel like they have had more than their fair share of climate disasters in 2021. After a record-breaking heatwave in June, the state in western Canada has been inundated by intense rain storms in November. It's.....»»
Climate uncertainty colors flood risk assessment
Understanding how climate change will affect the flooding of rivers may become easier with a new framework for assessing flood risk that's been developed by an interdisciplinary team from Penn State......»»
Warning Scale Unveiled for Dangerous Rivers in the Sky
Strings of ocean storms called atmospheric rivers flood California and other western coastlines, although sometimes they can be beneficial -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Flood modeling to help coastal communities develop solutions
In an aerial video from September, waves of seawater crash over the coastal railroad in San Clemente that connects Los Angeles and San Diego—a storm surge that ended up causing so much damage that Metrolink and Amtrak had to discontinue rail servic.....»»
An asteroid bigger than Philly"s City Hall will be "near" Earth on Saturday, but not to worry
A massive asteroid will whiz past the Earth on Saturday, but hold any thoughts of disaster movies......»»
Rural Bangladeshis turn to faith, family for fact-checking
On top of the COVID-19 pandemic, people worldwide have dealt with an infodemic—a flood of ever-evolving information and misinformation about the virus, causing confusion and mistrust. New Cornell research finds that in remote parts of Bangladesh wi.....»»
These Parents Built a School App. Then the City Called the Cops
Stockholm's official app was a disaster. So annoyed parents built their own open source version -- ignoring warnings that it might be illegal. From a report: Commissioned in 2013, Skolplattform was intended to make the lives of up to 500,000 children.....»»
These parents built a school app. Then the city called the cops
Official app was a disaster, so knowledgeable parents built an open source alternative. Enlarge / Öppna Skolplattformen hoped to succeed where Skolplattform had failed. (credit: Comstock | Getty Images) Christian Landgren’s.....»»
Satellite monitoring of Greenland ice melting highlights global flood risk
Global warming has caused extreme ice melting events in Greenland to become more frequent and intense over the past 40 years, raising sea levels and flood risk worldwide, finds new research involving UCL academics......»»
Moonfall trailer shows Earth on brink of annihilation in sci-fi disaster film
The moon comes crashing down in director Roland Emmerich's latest sci-fi disaster film, Moonfall. And only a desperate journey into the moon itself may save us......»»
Video: Is bacteria the future of oil spill and radioactive waste cleanup?
The Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010 released millions of tons of oil into the ocean. As governments and the oil industry were trying to clean up the disaster, bacteria were already hard at work......»»
World leaders in Glasgow for "last, best hope" climate summit
More than 120 world leaders meet in Glasgow on Monday in a "last, best hope" to tackle the climate crisis and avert a looming global disaster......»»
Extreme Greenland ice melt raised global flood risk: study
The 3.5 trillion tonnes of Greenland's ice sheet that has melted over the past decade has raised global sea levels by one centimetre and is heightening worldwide flood risks, new research showed on Monday......»»