Natural Disasters26

Shifts in Deep Geologic Structure May Have Magnified Great 2011 Japan Tsunami

March 16, 2020

A new study looks at why the 2011 Tohoku tsunami off Japan was unexpectedly huge.
Tech Tips for Working Remotely During COVID-19

March 16, 2020

We’ve compiled this list of free tools that you can use to help you work independently and collaboratively with your team.
How One Manhattan Neighborhood Woke Up to Coronavirus

March 13, 2020

Snapshots of how one neighborhood is reacting to the outbreak.
Rain, More Than Wind, Led to Massive Toppling of Trees in Hurricane Maria, Says Study

March 9, 2020

The surprising finding suggests that future hurricanes stoked by warming climate may be even more destructive to forests than scientists have already projected.
Using Big Data to Combat Catastrophes

February 13, 2020

The PRISM project aims to harness large, multi-sectoral datasets in order to identify risk factors for catastrophic events.
Pod of the Planet Ep.2: Disasters Won’t Wait

February 12, 2020

Communicating science is tough and we thought asking all our guests to come up with a haiku describing their work might be a good place to start, because who doesn’t like a good haiku?
The Politics and Cost of Adapting to Climate Change in New York City

January 21, 2020

It’s not clear what might place climate adaptation on our national agenda, but it’s less costly to anticipate and avoid disaster than recover from it.
Completing My Fieldwork and Returning to Dhaka

January 13, 2020

My last days in the field brought us to monuments in a makeshift home near the ocean, a flooded field next to a school, and adjacent to a jute mill. Most of us now head back to Dhaka, the capital. Céline will stay on a few more days, then Hasnat with Saif and Nahin will…
Long Days in the Field in Southern Bangladesh

January 10, 2020

We continued our GPS surveys of monuments to measure land subsidence. While the work general went very well, we faced challenges from obscured or tilted monuments. We also struggled with large traffic delays, particularly at unpredictable ferry crossings.

Shifts in Deep Geologic Structure May Have Magnified Great 2011 Japan Tsunami

March 16, 2020

A new study looks at why the 2011 Tohoku tsunami off Japan was unexpectedly huge.
Tech Tips for Working Remotely During COVID-19

March 16, 2020

We’ve compiled this list of free tools that you can use to help you work independently and collaboratively with your team.
How One Manhattan Neighborhood Woke Up to Coronavirus

March 13, 2020

Snapshots of how one neighborhood is reacting to the outbreak.
Rain, More Than Wind, Led to Massive Toppling of Trees in Hurricane Maria, Says Study

March 9, 2020

The surprising finding suggests that future hurricanes stoked by warming climate may be even more destructive to forests than scientists have already projected.
Using Big Data to Combat Catastrophes

February 13, 2020

The PRISM project aims to harness large, multi-sectoral datasets in order to identify risk factors for catastrophic events.
Pod of the Planet Ep.2: Disasters Won’t Wait

February 12, 2020

Communicating science is tough and we thought asking all our guests to come up with a haiku describing their work might be a good place to start, because who doesn’t like a good haiku?
The Politics and Cost of Adapting to Climate Change in New York City

January 21, 2020

It’s not clear what might place climate adaptation on our national agenda, but it’s less costly to anticipate and avoid disaster than recover from it.
Completing My Fieldwork and Returning to Dhaka

January 13, 2020

My last days in the field brought us to monuments in a makeshift home near the ocean, a flooded field next to a school, and adjacent to a jute mill. Most of us now head back to Dhaka, the capital. Céline will stay on a few more days, then Hasnat with Saif and Nahin will…
Long Days in the Field in Southern Bangladesh

January 10, 2020

We continued our GPS surveys of monuments to measure land subsidence. While the work general went very well, we faced challenges from obscured or tilted monuments. We also struggled with large traffic delays, particularly at unpredictable ferry crossings.