New study shows flood risk for Iowa farmland
As farmers ready for planting season, a new study examines the flood risk for all cropland in Iowa.
As farmers ready for planting season, a new study examines the flood risk for all cropland in Iowa.
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Repeated exposure to major disasters does not make people mentally stronger, a recent study from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health found that individuals who have been repeatedly exposed to major disasters ...
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Jan 14, 2022
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Sea level rise has more consistently pushed underground water closer to the surface—sometimes reaching underground levels of coastal buildings, according to a new study conducted by Florida International University's FIU ...
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Dec 9, 2021
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Understanding how climate change will affect the flooding of rivers may become easier with a new framework for assessing flood risk that's been developed by an interdisciplinary team from Penn State.
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Nov 19, 2021
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Six of the 11 Michigan cities that have come under state emergency management since 1990 also saw changes to their municipal drinking water systems, the most common being rate increases, water shutoffs for nonpayment and ...
Social Sciences
Sep 15, 2021
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In the spring of 2020, with global supply chains for medical equipment crumbling under the stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic, states turned to the federal government for help. Since 1998, the United States has maintained ...
Economics & Business
Aug 31, 2021
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A government policy that removes homeowners from flood-prone areas disproportionately disrupts the lives of residents from less white and affluent neighborhoods, according to new research from sociologists at Rice University ...
Environment
Jun 30, 2021
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Tulsa may not be the first town one thinks of when talking about jazz, and flood management may not be the first vocation one compares to the musical genre. But the success Tulsa displayed in going from one of the nation's ...
Environment
Jun 21, 2021
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A 100-year flood, like a 100-year storm, is one so severe it has only a 1% chance of hitting in any given year.
Earth Sciences
Jun 17, 2021
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