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A firefighter sprays water onto burning brush beside a road.
Posted inOpinions

Tackling Challenges of a Drier, Hotter, More Fire-Prone Future

by R. Fu, A. Hoell, J. Mankin, A. Sheffield and I. Simpson 1 April 202128 September 2021

Research is increasingly showing how drought, heat, and wildfire influence each other. Ongoing collaborations provide templates for how best to study these phenomena and plan for their future impacts.

A continuously telemetered mountaintop GNSS station located on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state
Posted inFeatures

Seismic Sensors in Orbit

by T. I. Melbourne, D. Melgar, B. W. Crowell and W. M. Szeliga 26 December 201922 November 2021

Navigation satellites are enabling high-precision, real-time tracking of ground displacements, supplementing traditional methods for monitoring and assessing earthquakes.

A mobile home park devastated by tornado damage
Posted inNews

Tornado Warnings Don’t Adequately Prepare Mobile Home Residents

by C. Crockett 15 May 2019

A survey of the southeastern United States shows that nearly half of mobile home residents don’t know where to shelter during a tornado, and many aren’t getting the resources they need to survive one.

Boat alone on water in Alaska
Posted inNews

NOAA Monitoring Stations Are Off-Line from a GPS Y2K Moment

by Jenessa Duncombe 9 April 201928 September 2021

The outage could last until November for some stations.

Rescuers search for survivors on 2 April 2017 after floodwaters carrying mud and debris inundated parts of Mocoa, Colombia.
Posted inScience Updates

How Landslides Become Disasters

by P. Lehmann, J. von Ruette and D. Or 27 August 201829 September 2021

A new modeling platform, tested on two recent natural disasters, simulates conditions that dump landslide debris into rain-swollen rivers, often causing more damage than the landslides themselves.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Can Atmospheric Science Improve Global Disaster Resilience?

by H. Steptoe, S. Jones and H. Fox 28 February 2018

Scientific understanding of atmospheric hazards and their interconnectivity can contribute to international policy and disaster risk management.

Offshore island cliffs, St. Kilda, Scotland.
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Offshore Islands Might Not Shield Coastlines from Tsunami Waves

by Katherine Kornei 12 December 2017

Rather than offering protection, islands sometimes cause increased wave run-up on shorelines, experiments in a wave laboratory suggest.

Lightning bolt striking a field
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New Model Predicts Lightning Strikes; Alert System to Follow

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 11 December 2017

Data from thousands of past storms help guide a new forecast model that predicts where and when lightning may hit.

Posted inEditors' Vox

In Pursuit of Flash Flood Data

by J. J. Gourley 25 August 20173 February 2018

How remote sensing of streams provides valuable data for the characterization, prediction, and warning of impending flash floods.

Japan’s Self-Defense Forces personnel examine a still-inundated area following the Kinu River’s 10 September flood.
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Can Data Extracted from Twitter Help Map Flood Hazards?

by T. L. Carey 16 December 2016

Tweets, if scrutinized closely, may allow scientists to map hazards in real time, helping to guide emergency response.

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