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Power lines covered in snow after a blizzard
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U.S. Power Grids are Vulnerable to Extreme Weather

by Nathaniel Scharping 21 February 202521 February 2025

Different kinds of severe weather, including multiple kinds at once, have different impacts on the grid in different places.

Map of Lahaina with colors indicating level of likely damage.
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Using Satellite Data for More Effective Disaster Response

by Susan Trumbore 18 February 20257 February 2025

Satellite data play a crucial role in disaster assessment and response. Meeting expanding demand requires not only accelerated data processing but increased collaboration with responders.

An aerial image shows ruins of buildings and smoke after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.
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Improving Earthquake Early Warning Access for the Deaf Community

by Grace van Deelen 2 January 20252 January 2025

Earthquake early warning systems are rarely accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing. A group of scientists is working to change that.

Volcanic eruption with steam rising from a snow-covered peak.
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Alaska’s Mount Veniaminof Volcano Is Stealthy—Here’s Why

by Gaea Cabico 18 December 202418 December 2024

New research explains why Mount Veniaminof erupts without the usual warming signs.

Small hands hold a clear glass under a kitchen faucet and fill it with water.
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Water Testing Builds Trust in Science as Maui Communities Recover

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 12 December 202428 February 2025

Following fires that ravaged the island in 2023, researchers educated residents about how wildfires affect water quality, and gathered data to determine how wildfire impacts change over time.

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Seismometers Track Atmospheric Shock Waves from Incoming Space Debris

by Farah Aziz Annesha 9 December 202417 December 2024

A Chinese spacecraft that burned up high over Los Angeles created a sonic trail detected by ground-based sensors.

A satellite image shows the white storm clouds of a cyclone swirling off the arid coast of Libya.
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Torrents of Sediment-Laden Water Worsened Disastrous Libyan Floods

by Elise Cutts 25 October 202425 October 2024

Drought followed by torrential rain can unleash deadly floods in arid regions, like those that affected Libya in 2023.

A map of the Pacific Northwest and southwestern Canada showing the anomalous heat wave of 2021. Much of Washington and Oregon, except for the coastal or mountainous areas, shows temperatures in red, designating heat exceeding 20°C with maximum temperatures recorded at 69°C in Washington State.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Machine Learning Could Improve Extreme Weather Warnings

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 11 October 202411 October 2024

A deep learning technique could reduce the error in 10-day weather forecasts by more than 90%, allowing communities to better prepare for extreme events such as heat waves.

A road runs through a neighborhood; the road is warped and covered with black tarp and orange sandbags in some places.
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Rancho Palos Verdes Landslides Have Residents Seeking Science

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 3 October 20243 October 2024

Residents of Rancho Palos Verdes are looking to the scientific community for help in understanding the slow-moving landslides that are destroying their community.

Aerial view of muddy-looking floodwaters from a meandering river flooding houses and buildings throughout a town spread on either side of the river
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Cultivating Trust in AI for Disaster Management

by Monique M. Kuglitsch, Ivanka Pelivan, Chinnawat Danakkaew, Jesper Dramsch and Reza Arghandeh 11 September 202416 January 2025

Artificial intelligence applied in disaster management must be reliable, accurate, and, above all, transparent. But what does transparency in AI mean, why do we need it, and how is it achieved?

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