Residents across Louisiana's coast Saturday were taking one last day to prepare for what is being described as a "life-altering" Hurricane Ida which is expected to bring winds as high as 140 mph (225 kph) when it slams ashore.
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Aug 28, 2021
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The earth rippled and squirmed on this Delta island Monday. It did not yawn open, but did reignite a debate about the seismic safety of levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Earth Sciences
Sep 2, 2011
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Recent research finds that repeated flooding events have a cumulative effect on the structural integrity of earthen levees, suggesting that the increase in extreme weather events associated with climate change could pose ...
Environment
Jan 21, 2020
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When faced with a choice between a deluge or a controlled deluge in May 2011 that would protect the city of Cairo, Illinois, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers chose the latter by ordering an intentional breach of the Mississippi ...
Environment
Mar 9, 2012
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Rapid advances in the new and developing field of restoration sedimentology will be needed to protect the world's river deltas from an array of threats, Indiana University Bloomington geologist Douglas A. Edmonds writes in ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 7, 2012
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Researchers have developed a new method to estimate the risk of levee failure and flooding from burrowing animals like badgers and porcupines.
Plants & Animals
Dec 6, 2021
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People living behind levees on floodplains may not be as immune to flood damage as they think, according to results of a study led by the University of California, Davis.
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Feb 9, 2016
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(Phys.org)—Civil engineers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were part of an international research team that collapsed a full-scale dike this week in The Netherlands. The test dike was embedded with advanced sensors ...
Engineering
Sep 21, 2012
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The Mississippi River floods more often than it used to, and at higher levels. Richard Knaup thinks he knows why.
Environment
Jan 4, 2016
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(Phys.org) —A restored floodplain with a high diversity of species and effective flood protection – these are the results of the large-scale nature protection project "Lenzener Elbtalaue". Under the direction of biologist ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 27, 2013
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