Posts Tagged ‘flooding’
Force flood turned farmland to mud
U. ILLINOIS (US) — When the water in the Mississippi River rose to 58 feet with a forecast of 60 feet or higher in May 2011, the emergency plan to naturally or intentionally breach the levees established over 80 years prior was put in motion. Continue…
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 12:18 - 4 Comments
Earth & Environment - Jan 12, 2012 10:45 - 0 Comments
With less hail, flood risk may rise in Rockies
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Climate changes may mean summertime hail could disappear from the eastern flank of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains by 2070, a new study shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 17, 2011 10:43 - 1 Comment
Polluted air makes droughts, floods worse
U. MARYLAND (US) — Rising air pollution can strongly affect cloud formation in a way that can make floods and droughts even worse, a new study finds. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 24, 2011 9:43 - 0 Comments
Train crops to survive floods
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Discovery of the mechanism by which plants sense low oxygen levels could eventually lead to the production of high-yielding, flood-tolerant crops. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 27, 2011 14:14 - 0 Comments
Is extreme weather the new normal?
U. LEEDS (UK) — Swings between the two climatic extremes El Niño and La Niña appear to have occurred more frequently in the past than previously thought and may increase in regularity in the future. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 21, 2011 12:26 - 2 Comments
Bad weather’s good for ‘going green’
CARDIFF / NOTTINGHAM (UK) — When bad weather hits home, concerns about climate change increase—as does the willingness to engage in energy-saving behaviors. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 28, 2011 17:09 - 0 Comments
Stray storm blamed for Pakistan floods
U. WASHINGTON (US) — A rogue, off-course weather system led to last summer’s devastating floods in Pakistan that left more than 20 million people injured or homeless, new research shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 24, 2010 15:11 - 2 Comments
Could melting ice cause a cold snap?
TULANE (US)—Earth was just coming out of an ice age 9,300 years ago when a cataclysmic event occurred that plunged the planet into a cold “snap” that lasted for centuries. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 21, 2010 23:23 - 0 Comments
Flood forms canyon in 3 days
CALTECH (US)—In the summer of 2002, a week of heavy rains in Central Texas caused Canyon Lake to flood over its spillway and down the Guadalupe River Valley. The waters excavated a 2.2-kilometer-long, 7-meter-deep canyon in the bedrock in just three days, new analysis shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 17, 2010 10:44 - 1 Comment
Mini river delta could help predict flooding
U. PENN (US)—An interdisciplinary team of physicists and geologists has made a major step toward predicting where and how large floods occur on river deltas and alluvial fans. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 20, 2009 16:53 - 1 Comment
Geo-maps help preserve Egyptian tombs
PENN STATE (US)—Photography and detailed geological mapping may help curators protect ancient Egyptian tombs, some of which lie on fracture traces that are natural entry points for water—and potential flood damage. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 21, 2009 15:58 - 0 Comments
Human activity threatens world’s river deltas
An image of the Pearl River Delta in China taken by NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour during the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission in 2000. The areas below sea level are shown in purple. (Courtesy: NASA/CSDMS/University of Colorado)
