News tagged with catastrophic flood

Brussels unhappy with Europe nuclear stress tests

The EU's energy chief Thursday deemed an almost year-long study on nuclear plant safety in Europe as short on detail and numbers and demanded further work before publication of the critical report.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Luminous grains of sand determine year of historic storm flood

Scientists at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft, The Netherlands) have successfully matched a layer of sediment from the dunes near Heemskerk to a severe storm flood that occurred in either 1775 or 1776. This type ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Maybe Ben Franklin was wrong: A volcanic eruption, climate fluctuations and the frigid winter of 1783-84

The eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland in 1783-84 set off a cascade of catastrophe, spewing sulfuric clouds into Europe and eventually around the world. Poisonous mists and a resulting famine from loss ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researcher finds 9/11 attacks led to new understanding of mass trauma

(PhysOrg.com) -- Out of the wreckage of the World Trade Center attacks and the events of 9/11 came some of the first large-scale research of mass trauma. The resulting findings have led to a broader understanding of how post-traumatic ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Can big earthquakes disrupt world weather?

(PhysOrg.com) -- The eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland in 1783-84 set off a cascade of catastrophe, spewing sulfuric clouds into Europe and eventually around the world. Poisonous mists and a resulting ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 29, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Geologist investigates canyon carved in just three days in Texas flood

In the summer of 2002, a week of heavy rains in Central Texas caused Canyon Lake -- the reservoir of the Canyon Dam -- to flood over its spillway and down the Guadalupe River Valley in a planned diversion ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 20, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (28) | comments 111 | with audio podcast