Parts of North Carolina still recovering from Helene could see 5 inches of rain. Flash flooding concerns stretched into ...

Hidden beneath the Antarctic ice lies a system of lakes and watercourses. A research team, including ETH researchers, has for ...

Trees, parks, wetlands and green roofs can no longer be seen as a "nice-to-have" aesthetic enhancement but a vital component ...

A powerful earthquake, combined with rising sea levels, could significantly increase flood risks in the Pacific Northwest, ...

New research suggests a massive asteroid impact may have caused Earth’s first great flood, releasing unimaginable amounts of water and reshaping the planet’s surface. The theory blends cosmic ...

With climate change and rapid urbanization, flood risks are mounting worldwide, from rural catchments to coastal megacities. Amid this growing crisis, researchers are turning to nature-based solutions ...

A major advance in flood prediction science has emerged from a new study comparing machine learning methods to the National Water Model in forecasting flash floods across complex terrains. The study, ...

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What followed was a cataclysm of almost unimaginable scale—a flood that tore across continents ... in the School of Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Southampton and ...

At its peak, the flood discharged about 1,000 times the water of the modern-day Amazon river. At least, that's the thesis one of us put forward in a 2009 study of an underwater canyon excavated along ...