Machine learning aids earthquake risk prediction
New framework developed by UT Austin engineers applies big data, supercomputing to soil liquefactionCredit: Martin Luff, CC BY-SA 2.0, via ...
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Natural hazards threaten 57% of US structures
Rising temperatures and risky development contribute to heightened exposure to earthquakes, flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes and wildfireCredit: Inglesias et al. (2021) ...
Did the ancient Maya have parks?
First-of-its-kind DNA analysis finds trees and wild vegetation grew around reservoirs in TikalCredit: David Lentz The ancient Maya city of ...
Metal catalysts used for environmental sustainability found to degrade and become less effective
Credit: Professor Anna Klinkova of the University of Waterloo New research is showing that some tiny catalysts being considered for ...
Earlier flood forecasting could help avoid disaster in Japan
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - In Japan, thousands of homes and businesses and ...
Most rivers run dry — now and then
Over half of the world's rivers cease to flow for at least one day a year on averageCredit: McGill University ...
Research suggests ways to tackle water security challenges in world’s drylands
Credit: Lindsay Stringer The research - published ahead of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought on 17 June 2021 ...
Using machine learning and radar to better understand storm surge risk
Credit: University of Texas at Austin. The types of land around us play an important role in how major storms ...
Machine learning model doubles accuracy of global landslide ‘nowcasts’
Credit: Credits: NASA Every year, landslides - the movement of rock, soil, and debris down a slope - cause thousands ...
SNAPSHOT USA: First-ever nationwide mammal survey published
Credit: Jesse Alston, University of Wyoming - How are the squirrels doing this year? The bears? The armadillos? ...
Ten-fold increase in carbon offset cost predicted
Credit: Trove Research The cost of offsetting corporate carbon emissions needs to increase ten-fold to drive meaningful climate action, says ...
Researchers explore ways to detect ‘deep fakes’ in geography
Credit: Chengbin Deng Can you trust the map on your smartphone, or the satellite image on your computer screen? So ...
What causes the deep Earth’s most mysterious earthquakes?
The cause of Earth's deepest earthquakes has been a mystery to science for more than a century, but a team ...
Evacuating under dire wildfire scenarios
Credit: The White House via Wikicommons In 2018, the Camp Fire ripped through the town of Paradise, California at an ...