Our model for aid after earthquakes, floods, or other calamities is made for remote, rural areas. But most people live in cities, and we need to be prepared to care for them after disasters.READ MORE›
What makes some earthquakes cause deadly tidal waves? Stanford researchers are coming up with a computer model that can answer that question, so coastal communities could be alerted long before the wave arrives.READ MORE›
International Medical Corps is a model for global not-for-profits, with a plan that goes way beyond drop-in disaster relief. In Haiti, IMC is training locals, building communities, and doing everything it can to put itself to pasture.READ MORE›
After a major earthquake or flood, people need help but can be hard to find. A new technique--using tracking data from phones to figure out where people have fled to--could make it easier to get them help.READ MORE›
We've already seen that Twitter can be a useful predictor of stock market swings, a movie's box-office sales, and even outbreaks of swine flu. But the earthquake last week revealed yet another interesting possibility: Twitter activity ...READ MORE›
While it may have elicited shrugs from jaded earthquake regulars, yesterday's surprising east coast earthquake still packed a seismological punch.READ MORE›
Yesterday’s earthquake shook up folks on the East Coast pretty good. (Look, you smug Californians: It was scary. And if one more of you sends me a shot of those damned lawn chairs, I’ll scream. WE DON’T HAVE LAWNS HERE, OKAY?) ...READ MORE›
Less than two weeks after a massive earthquake and tsunami ravaged eastern Japan earlier this year, the moon welled up in the sky, high above the crushed homes and flooded streets and embattled power plants, appearing 30% brighter and ...READ MORE›
We spend billions on advertising. A program that takes ad dollars and invests them into local renewable energy projects would mean major change if it was implemented widely. READ MORE›
After last week's horrifying news of tornadoes that swept across the South, killing over 350 people, you had to wonder: Is anywhere in America safe? On the Mid-Atlantic coast, there's hurricanes, which every year seem to be getting ...READ MORE›
A new crowd-sourced person finder/information gathering app called Missing.net has arrived. In the aftermath of recent global disasters, several similar systems have been created, suggesting a new trend in altruistic tech.READ MORE›
March 20th marked the beginning of National Tsunami Awareness Week. We will continue to hear more about the tragedy in Japan and about which preparations worked or which ones didn't. Those discussions also need to include the ongoing threat from a rise in ocean levels. READ MORE›
Radiation is top of mind now, what with panicked Californians buying iodine tablets because of the (totally imagined) threat of fallout from the Fukushima meltdowns. You can kind of understand the panic: Whenever we hear "radiation," ...READ MORE›
ShelterBox is sending kits to Japan to help with relief efforts. Take a look at what is included, and find out more about the conundrum of packing emergency kits for disasters. READ MORE›
I almost didn't write this post, because the humanitarian tragedy following the earthquakes in Japan is such a sensitive, complicated situation. And designers like Signalnoise are earnestly trying to help by putting their formidable ...READ MORE›
Twitter and other social networks have, of course, been remarkable tools during past uprisings and disasters. But do they have a truth problem? READ MORE›
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