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Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Built-in bionic computing      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The use of pliable soft materials to collaborate with humans and work in disaster areashas drawn muc ...

Geoscience: Geography Geoscience: Landslides
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Researchers introduce new way to study, help prevent landslides      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Landslides are one of the most destructive natural disasters on the planet, causing billions of doll ...

Environmental: General Geoscience: Environmental Issues Geoscience: Severe Weather
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Sister cities can help communities better navigate the climate crisis      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Anthropologists suggest in a new study that establishing networks of 'sister cities' dedicated to ad...

Environmental: General Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Nationwide flood models poorly capture risks to households and properties, study finds      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Government agencies, insurance companies and disaster planners rely on national flood risk models fr ...

Geoscience: Geology Geoscience: Volcanoes Paleontology: Climate
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Climate change will increase impacts of volcanic eruptions      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Volcanic disasters have been studied since Pompeii was buried in 79 A.D., leading the public to beli ...

Offbeat: General
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Alzheimer's drug may someday help save lives by inducing a state of 'suspended animation'      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers have found that an Alzheimer's drug, donepezil, can induce a safe and reversible torpor-...

Chemistry: General Energy: Nuclear Environmental: General Geoscience: Environmental Issues Geoscience: Geochemistry
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Much more than a world first image of radioactive cesium atoms      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Thirteen years after the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP), a br ...

Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Largest-ever simulation of the Deepwater Horizon spill - Largest-Ever Simulation of the Deepwater Horizon Spill      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A team of researchers is conducting the largest-ever simulation of the Deepwater Horizon spill to de...

Environmental: Wildfires
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When cyclones and fires collide... - When Cyclones and Fires Collide: The Devastating Impact on Our Environment      (via sciencedaily.com) 

As strong winds and torrential rains inundate Australia's south-eastern coast, new research suggests...

Geoscience: Severe Weather
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Indian monsoon: Novel approach allows early forecasting - Indian Monsoon: A Novel Approach for Early Forecasting      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The Indian monsoon's yearly onset and withdrawal can now be forecasted significantly earlier than pr...

Geoscience: Severe Weather
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Climate risk insurance can effectively mitigate economic losses - Climate Risk Insurance: An Effective Solution to Mitigate Economic Losses      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Global warming is expected to lead to an accumulation of particularly intense hurricanes in the Unit...

Geoscience: Landslides
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Physics of disaster: How mudslides move - Physics of Disaster: How Mudslides Move      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A devastating fire followed by an intense rainstorm triggered mudslides in Southern California in 20...

Geoscience: Landslides
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Ancient landslide destroyed area size of Cincinnati - Ancient Landslide Destroyed Area Size of Cincinnati      (via sciencedaily.com) 

University of Cincinnati geologists reconstructed a massive landslide in Nevada that wiped out an ar...

Geoscience: Landslides
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Evacuation during and after the 2018 Montecito debris flow - Evacuation during and after the 2018 Montecito debris flow      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study speaks to the importance of public awareness programs in keeping residents -- and emerge...

Environmental: General Geoscience: Earth Science Geoscience: Geography Geoscience: Severe Weather
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Freely available risk model for hurricanes, tropical cyclones      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

As human-driven climate change amplifies natural disasters, hurricanes and typhoons stand to increas ...