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Rapid Sea Level Rise Could Change 100-Year Storms Into Every Year Storms

One-tenth of an inch of water doesn't seem like much, but as the oceans rise that much each year, they could displace 150 million people around the world and drastically increase the damage done by flooding.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»

Convenience Stores Get Action-Packed With Emergency Preparedness Schemes

Pennsylvania is bracing for disasters of all kinds, especially those where food supply is at stake.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»