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.....»»
How Parents Can Deal With Climate Anxiety
Fears of ecological disaster are real, but it's especially hard on people raising children. Here's what parents should know, and where to turn for help......»»
Asian spider takes hold in Georgia, sends humans scurrying
A large spider native to East Asia has spun its thick, golden web on power lines, porches and vegetable patches all over north Georgia this year—a proliferation that has driven some unnerved homeowners indoors and prompted a flood of anxious social.....»»
Man charged with fraud after spending $57,000 of his Covid loan on a Pokémon card
According to federal prosecutors (via The Telegraph), Vinath Oudomsine, from Dublin, Georgia, applied for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) for his small business, which employed ten other people and had gross revenue of $235,000 over 12 months.....»»
Urbanites face heightened flood risk due to forest loss
The devastating impact of flooding in Queensland's north, exacerbated by forest loss, is badly affecting urban areas according to University of Queensland-led research......»»
Flooding in Venice worsens off-season amid climate change
After Venice suffered the second-worst flood in its history in November 2019, it was inundated with four more exceptional tides within six weeks, shocking Venetians and triggering fears about the worsening impact of climate change......»»
Professor provides insight on disaster preparedness
With hurricanes, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, the COVID-19 pandemic and more, the world has seen a multitude of natural disasters recently......»»
How quickly does the climate recover?
Climate change is causing temperatures to rise and is also increasing the likelihood of storms, heavy rain, and flooding—the recent flood disaster in the Ahr valley in Germany is just one such example. What we need to ask ourselves in this connecti.....»»
Ubisoft quietly reveals Rainbow Six Extraction’s release date
Rainbow Six Extraction is set to release along with a flood of other games in early 2022......»»
Greening the gray: Fighting floods with restoration versus riprap
When Hurricane Ida roared to shore in Louisiana last month, a system of flood gates, levees, and pumps largely kept the water out of New Orleans. Natural barriers such as wetlands, islands, and even oyster reefs also played a role by acting as "speed.....»»
Researchers develop a new model to assess for flood hazards
The widespread flooding that submerged parts of the province's most densely populated regions in 2017 and 2019 exposed important gaps in Quebec's flood preparedness regime. With thousands of people displaced and hundreds of millions of dollars worth.....»»
Next-generation telescopes could detect the direct collapse of enormous black holes near the beginning of time
The first black holes to appear in the universe may have formed from the direct collapse of gas. When they collapsed, they released a flood of radiation, including radio waves. A new study has found that the next generation of massive radio telescope.....»»
You thought the oil spill was bad? In LA, toxic waste is everywhere
In a bad way, a very bad way, the Huntington Beach oil spill is the enviro-disaster equivalent of the giant panda......»»
Overseas trade has a hidden environmental "disaster footprint"
Environmental disasters are increasingly a fact of life around the world. Each year, floods, droughts and landslides affect tens of millions of people, leaving vast human and economic destruction in their wake. The cost in human lives and livelihoods.....»»
Lake formation and expansion due to sea-level rise causes freshwater resource depletion on small islands
Portland, Ore., USA: Coastal regions and small ocean islands face significant risks from rising sea levels due to climate change, because waters can flood and inundate low-lying land surfaces. "Climate change has become a more critical issue recently.....»»
Microsoft Makes a Mouse From Recycled Ocean Plastic
New submitter myinnerbanjo writes: With plastics in oceans becoming more and more of a global disaster, Microsoft uses recycled ocean plastic to create a new computer mouse:"We wanted to do something that's different," said Corinne Holmes, director o.....»»
Increase in tropical cyclone rainfall could aid disaster planning
An Indiana University Bloomington professor's newly published paper on tropical cyclone precipitation extremes provides data on inland flooding that could help communities be more prepared for the high amounts of rainfall produced by storms such as H.....»»
Corps of Engineers considers nature-based flood control
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is known for damming rivers and building levees to keep waterways at bay. But a new initiative seeks natural flood control solutions as climate change brings increasingly frequent and severe weather events that test t.....»»
California spill came 52 years after historic oil disaster
The weekend oil leak along the Southern California coast happened not far from the site of the catastrophe more than a generation ago that helped give rise to the modern environmental movement itself: the 1969 Santa Barbara spill......»»
Seismic forensics and its importance for early warning
The scientific description of the catastrophic rockslide of February 7, 2021, in India's Dhauli Ganga Valley reads like a forensic report. A rockslide and the subsequent flood had killed at least 100 people and destroyed two hydroelectric power plant.....»»
Amazon Astro developers claim the robot is "a disaster that"s not ready for release"
Amazon Astro developers claim the robot is "a disaster that"s not ready for release".....»»