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Residents in Louisiana survey a flooded road.
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New Flood Model Offers National Streamflow Coverage

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 19 August 201610 March 2023

The model, released by the National Weather Service, will provide neighborhood-level flood forecasting.

This photo shows Jishi Gorge upstream from the landslide dam. Gray silt deposits reveal an ancient, massive lake held by the dam.
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Evidence Found for China's Ancient Origin Story

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 4 August 201624 February 2023

New geological findings suggest that an ancient flood in a popular legend about the birth of China's civilization might have actually occurred, but some 150 years later than historians thought.

The ancient megafloods that carved canyons on Earth and Mars may have been smaller—but lasted longer—than previously thought.
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Reconstructing Catastrophic Floods on Earth and Mars

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 26 July 201623 February 2023

A new theoretical model suggests that ancient floods that carved canyons on Earth and Mars may have been much smaller but lasted longer than previously thought.

Lake Palcacocha, which flooded the city of Huaraz, Peru, in 1941.
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Focusing the Human Lens on Glacial Outburst Floods

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 17 June 201617 March 2023

To better prepare mountain communities for possible floods, experts say that it is important to understand the communities themselves.

The 1927 flood on the Lower Mississippi River was one of the most destructive in U.S. history.
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Reimagining a Fatal Flood

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 17 March 20162 March 2023

Researchers use high-resolution simulations to reexamine the rainfall events that led to one of the most destructive floods in U.S. history.

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Predicting Changing Human Preferences in Water Basin Management

by Terri Cook 25 February 201630 March 2023

A model of human-water interactions in Florida's Kissimmee River Basin demonstrates the potential for sociohydrologic models to assist with strategic water management decisions.

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Satellites Reveal a Temporary Carbon Sink over Australia

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 8 February 201624 February 2023

Satellite measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide provide insights into how droughts and floods influence the carbon cycle on the semiarid continent of Australia.

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Günter Blöschl Receives 2015 Robert E. Horton Medal

by AGU 23 December 20152 May 2023

Günter Blöschl was awarded the 2015 Robert E. Horton Medal at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 16 December 2015 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for "outstanding contributions to hydrology."

Image of flooding in the Ore Mountains in Germany from August 2002
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The Element of Surprise in Managing Flood Risk

by L. Strelich 12 November 20157 March 2024

A social science perspective on unpredictable flood risk systems may help us expect the unexpected and mitigate flood damage.

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Dengue Fever Epidemics Linked with El Niño, Study Says

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 9 October 20159 September 2024

High temperatures associated with the recurring global climate pattern foster mosquito-friendly conditions that may accelerate transmission of the virus.

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