Twenty years ago, when strangers would ask Hermann Fritz about his job and he told them he was a tsunami expert, he got plenty of quizzical looks in response.
Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2023
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Two fast-moving "extreme" wildfires merged overnight in western Canada, threatening hundreds more homes and forcing continued evacuations in a wide swath of British Columbia province, officials said Sunday.
Environment
Aug 20, 2023
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You don't always need a laser—sometimes a camera will do. Researchers at the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) have now disproved the paradigm that the height of snowpack can only be accurately determined ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 18, 2023
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Over the last year, Canada has made important progress toward making it easier for people to determine if they're at risk from natural hazard disasters. But many people across the country still lack awareness about the risks ...
Environment
Aug 10, 2023
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Danger lurks in the surf beaches of Australia in the form of rip currents or rips. These narrow, fast-flowing, seaward channels of water are responsible for an average 26 drownings a year and 80-90% of the thousands of surf ...
Environment
Aug 9, 2023
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Every day of the northern hemisphere's summer in 2023 seems to bring a calamitous headline about the climate: heat waves, wildfires, massive hailstorms.
Social Sciences
Aug 2, 2023
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A fifth of neighborhood blocks in the continental United States most vulnerable to natural disaster account for a quarter of the lower 48 states' risk, according to a detailed assessment of vulnerability.
Environment
Jul 18, 2023
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A data set on seismic and tsunami hazards of a coastal Oregon town has received a 2023 DesignSafe data set award, given in recognition of the data set's diverse contributions to natural hazards research.
Earth Sciences
Jun 22, 2023
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Fires in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) emit more toxic smoke than wildfires burning in natural vegetation, due to the chemicals in the structures, vehicles, and other manufactured goods that burn in fires in areas of ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2023
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Devastating floods have hit community after community on Australia's eastern seaboard over the last three years. Weather systems were dynamic and difficult to forecast.
Environment
May 18, 2023
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