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If New York City Becomes The "Smartest" City In The World, How Will It Prepare For Future Hurricanes?

Irene did less damage than expected, but when the next big storm comes (and it will), cities that have made innovative decisions in how they run operations will be better off.READ»

California’s Coming Megastorm

Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey warned in early 2011 that California would inevitably experience a winter megastorm--a big one. It might not happen this year, or next. But, based on California's history of storms in the past, another winter megastorm will happen sometime, these scientists say.READ»

Ultra Fast Ethernet Could Combat Global Warming

Ultra-fast Ethernet networks are great for playing graphics-heavy online games, but they could also help fight climate change, according to researchers at the Berkeley National Lab. The Department of Energy recently awarded the lab ...READ»