News articles tagged with 'flood'
Flood-tolerant rice plants can also survive drought, say UC Riverside scientists
— 3 Mar 2011 13:41 | BiologyRice, which is sensitive to drought due to its high water requirement, is particularly vulnerable to how global climate change is altering the frequency and magnitude of floods and…
TU Delft simulates breaking waves
— 28 Feb 2011 16:49 | TechnologyThe SWAN (Simulating WAves Nearshore) wave prediction model developed at TU Delft has been a huge international success for many years. This model predicts the distribution of wave…
Pakistan floods last summer could have been predicted
— 1 Feb 2011 20:00 | EnvironmentFive days before intense monsoonal deluges unleashed vast floods across Pakistan last July, computer models at a European weather-forecasting centre were giving clear indications that…
Toxic pollution from Australia floods threatens marine life
— 10 Jan 2011 19:37 | EnvironmentToxic pollution from flooded farms and towns along Australia's Queensland coast will have a disastrous impact on the Great Barrier Reef's corals and will likely have a significant impact…
Using buildings for flood protection
— 6 Sep 2010 16:37 | EnvironmentBuildings, car parks and roads could, alongside their 'regular' functions, have a role to play in protecting the rest of the city from flooding. According to researcher Bianca Stalenberg,…
Rescue and relief the current priority for WWF-Pakistan
— 28 Aug 2010 10:13 | EnvironmentRescue and relief is the current priority for WWF-Pakistan in the numerous communities it works with in the flood ravaged Indus basin…
Fires and floods key to dinosaur island secrets
— 24 Aug 2010 16:18 | Geology and palaeontologyFires and floods which raged across the Isle of Wight some 130 million years ago made the island the richest source of pick 'n' mix dinosaur remains of this age anywhere in the world…
Rebuilding flood plains, agriculture, economy
— 3 Aug 2010 13:51 | EnvironmentWhen the Missouri River flooded in 1993 and 1995, it left a deep layer of sandy silt that covered thousands of acres of rich farmland. Now, MU forestry researchers may have found a…
Caltech geologist investigates canyon carved in just 3 days in Texas flood
— 21 Jun 2010 11:29 | Geology and palaeontologyIn the summer of 2002, a week of heavy rains in Central Texas caused Canyon Lake - the reservoir of the Canyon Dam - to flood over its spillway and down the Guadalupe River Valley in…
Flood plain failures lead to tragedy in Poland
— 26 May 2010 11:10 | EnvironmentPoland's devastating floods have been worsened by over-reliance on flood embankments and over-development of flood plains, WWF-Poland said today…