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Twitter to help in real-time flood map generation!
As a flooding event is still in progress, real-time information on its extent and the population affected is difficult to obtain, putting rescue crews and associated agencies in a difficult position i...
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Seismic hazard for British Columbia - Alaska region is complicated new study finds
Coast of British Columbia and south eastern Alaska are frequently hit by strong earthquakes originating from a complex system of faults that give high magnitude shakes. The close examination of the tw...
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Earthquake history of Istanbul hidden in seabed soil samples
Although earthquakes along the North Anatolian Fault (NAF) have been very frequent and devastating to the city of Istanbul, recurrence rate has been difficult to evaluate as faults are located offshor...
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Huge Floods Sculpt Colorado’s Mountain Landscape
Heavy rains in 2013 lead to devastating floods of rock, soil, and water through many cities and towns that line the Colorado Rockies. Scientists are now considering the importance of large, rare, inde...
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Web-Based Class Projects on Rock Mechanics by University of Michigan Students available now for everybody to review!
Students from the University of Michigan who are taking this semester the graduate level course CEE 544 on “Rock Mechanics” have prepared their class projects online. Students from the...
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Algae in Wastewater: Doubly Effective
In a new study, scientists at Rice University have found that high value strains of oil-rich algae, which can be used as a feedstock for algae-based biofuels, can remove more than 50% of phosphorus an...
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Sewage: An Untapped Wealth of Data
Scientists from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are using raw sewage samples to learn a great deal of information about a city’s population. UWM researchers, in conjunction with colleagu...
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Japan 2011 earthquake continues to cause climate changes
According to a new study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, thousands of tons of global-warming and ozone-depleting chemicals were released into the atmosphere, following the Tohoku 2011 eart...
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Golden Feces
American researchers at the 2015 national meeting of American Chemical Society outlined the details of an unexpected source of precious metals - sewage. That’s right. According to new research,...
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Ductility in Steel Beams Improved by Geometric Cutouts
The ability of steel buildings to bend without fracturing, or ductility, allows for extreme lateral loading from earthquakes and wind. This loading, however, subjects the solid web and flanges of stee...
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