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Floods occur when land that is normally dry becomes submerged underwater. Factors such as climate change, deforestation, and urbanization can contribute to increased flooding intensity and frequency.
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MAR 20, 2019Earth & The Environment
The U.K. is facing a severe water crisis. At the Waterwise Conference in London this week, Sir James Bevan—the chi ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 20, 2019Earth & The Environment
Devastation hit southern Africa from Cyclone Idai last week, which struck Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe and continues ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 19, 2019Earth & The Environment
Flooding in the Midwest has reached dangerous levels, with the death toll currently at three people and another two miss ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 24, 2019Earth & The Environment
Despite Australia’s pledge last year to dedicate $500 million to protect the Great Barrier Reef, the Great Barrier ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 07, 2019Earth & The Environment
The west coast of the United States is a hotspot for biodiversity. Sea otters, harbor seals, shorebirds, fish and shellf ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 24, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Our world hosts some incredible organisms, some of which might help people create treatments for disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2018Microbiology
Northern Chile is home to the driest desert on Earth, the Atacama Desert.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 04, 2018Earth & The Environment
Violence and poverty aren’t the only factors motivating Central Americans to migrate north – climate change ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 22, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s upcoming Space Launch System (SLS) rocket received a ton of hype in recent memory, and for a good reason; i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 22, 2018Videos
Why is it that the US gets pummeled with hurricanes every year and Europe hasn't seen one in over fifty years? Even ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 13, 2018Earth & The Environment
Hurricane Michael has brought devastation to the Florida panhandle and other parts of the southeastern US. At least 14 p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 03, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research confirms what personal anecdotes have long told: it isn’t easy convincing climate change deniers of t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 22, 2018Earth & The Environment
Things have gotten pretty smelly in the aftermath of Florence. North Carolina is the second-largest hog-farming state in ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 11, 2018Earth & The Environment
The 2018 report released by the United Nations' on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World on Tuesday ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 10, 2018Earth & The Environment
Atsuma, Japan was hit hard from an earthquake that struck the island of Hokkaido before dawn on Thursday of last week. T ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 20, 2018Plants & Animals
At first glance, any burrows look just like tiny dirt mounds on the ground. But just beneath these inconspicuous little ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 20, 2018Technology
Rising Sprawl-Tuned Autonomous Robot (RSTAR), which was introduced at the International Conference on Robotics and Autom ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 06, 2018Earth & The Environment
The 2017 California wildfire season was the most destructive wildfire season on record, and yet judging from the start o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 31, 2018Neuroscience
Recovering from trauma is difficult for anyone because trauma is a very individual experience. An event that will ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 29, 2018Earth & The Environment
There’s bad news on the horizon for the global economy, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Chang ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 11, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) explains what led to such devastating flooding in ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 26, 2018Earth & The Environment
You know all those paradise islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean – the ones that you see in adventure magazi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 25, 2018Videos
With the opioid crisis still storming strong, it's important to understand just how opioids affect your brain. Though th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 24, 2018Plants & Animals
The world is crawling with insects, but despite all the different varieties humankind has found and studied over the yea ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAR 20, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The U.K. is facing a severe water crisis. At the Waterwise Conference in London this week, Sir James Bevan—the chi
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 20, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Devastation hit southern Africa from Cyclone Idai last week, which struck Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe and continues
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 19, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Flooding in the Midwest has reached dangerous levels, with the death toll currently at three people and another two miss
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Despite Australia’s pledge last year to dedicate $500 million to protect the Great Barrier Reef, the Great Barrier
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 07, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The west coast of the United States is a hotspot for biodiversity. Sea otters, harbor seals, shorebirds, fish and shellf
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 24, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Our world hosts some incredible organisms, some of which might help people create treatments for disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2018
Microbiology
Northern Chile is home to the driest desert on Earth, the Atacama Desert.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Violence and poverty aren’t the only factors motivating Central Americans to migrate north – climate change
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 22, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s upcoming Space Launch System (SLS) rocket received a ton of hype in recent memory, and for a good reason; i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 22, 2018
Videos
Why is it that the US gets pummeled with hurricanes every year and Europe hasn't seen one in over fifty years? Even
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 13, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Hurricane Michael has brought devastation to the Florida panhandle and other parts of the southeastern US. At least 14 p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 03, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research confirms what personal anecdotes have long told: it isn’t easy convincing climate change deniers of t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 22, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Things have gotten pretty smelly in the aftermath of Florence. North Carolina is the second-largest hog-farming state in
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 11, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The 2018 report released by the United Nations' on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World on Tuesday
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 10, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Atsuma, Japan was hit hard from an earthquake that struck the island of Hokkaido before dawn on Thursday of last week. T
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 20, 2018
Plants & Animals
At first glance, any burrows look just like tiny dirt mounds on the ground. But just beneath these inconspicuous little
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 20, 2018
Technology
Rising Sprawl-Tuned Autonomous Robot (RSTAR), which was introduced at the International Conference on Robotics and Autom
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 06, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The 2017 California wildfire season was the most destructive wildfire season on record, and yet judging from the start o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 31, 2018
Neuroscience
Recovering from trauma is difficult for anyone because trauma is a very individual experience. An event that will
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 29, 2018
Earth & The Environment
There’s bad news on the horizon for the global economy, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Chang
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 11, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) explains what led to such devastating flooding in
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 26, 2018
Earth & The Environment
You know all those paradise islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean – the ones that you see in adventure magazi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 25, 2018
Videos
With the opioid crisis still storming strong, it's important to understand just how opioids affect your brain. Though th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 24, 2018
Plants & Animals
The world is crawling with insects, but despite all the different varieties humankind has found and studied over the yea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard