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Populations Exposed to Flooding Growing Much Faster Than Thought, Says Study
Human migration and increasing inundations are causing more people to be vulnerable.
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Wildfires Are Decimating the West and Choking the East — It’s Time for Solutions
Unlike other natural disasters, wildfires endanger the health and well-being of populations near and far.
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Task Force Presents Advice to U.S. on Climate and Global Migration
Experts call for vastly expanded U.S. programs to aid displaced people.
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Searching for Faults From Afar
Researchers are using ocean-bottom and land-based seismometers to record the R/V Marcus Langseth’s soundings from afar, to better understand the potential impacts of large earthquakes in the Cascadia region.
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Collecting More Than Just Seismic Data Along the Cascadia Fault
While researchers search for a megathrust fault off the Pacific Northwest coast, they are also helping to map the seafloor in high resolution and detect underwater methane seeps.
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New Study Helps to Explain ‘Silent Earthquakes’ Along New Zealand’s North Island
Underwater mountains may help to dampen movements along faults that otherwise have the potential to generate large earthquakes.
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Seismic Data on Deck: Sounding for the Cascadia Megathrust Fault
Using sound and a 7.5-mile-long streamer towed behind the boat, scientists can collect a tremendous amount of data from under the seafloor.
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What is Needed for Fair and Equitable Managed Retreat?
Self-determination, recognition of historical drivers of climate risk, and a new approach to buyouts, according to participants at a recent conference.
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Observations While on Quarantine in Newport, Oregon
Before embarking on a 6-week voyage to scan for Cascadia’s megathrust fault, the research team had to quarantine for two weeks in a hotel.
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