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UMaine testing ways to prevent soil from giving way during earthquakes
WCSH 6 Portland· 7 hours agoProfessors and graduate students at the University of Maine are pioneering ways to reduce damaging...
NASA unleashes its science capabilities to aid natural disaster response
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoNASA rolled out a new program to use what it learns from space to help organizations respond to...
Tax relief available to Nebraskans following Arbor Day tornadoes, other natural disasters
1011 News· 5 days agoA handful of natural disasters this spring across Nebraska could lead to specific tax reprieve or...
The Best in Design, From a Reimagined Frank Lloyd Wright Desk to Marset Lighting
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoElsewhere, architects are responding to other disasters encroaching on the built environment. In...
Bay Area counties aren't adequately prepared for climate disasters, study finds
Axios· 1 day agoDriving the news: Several Bay Area counties made the top 50 least-prepared places, according to homeowners insurance resource ClaimGuide's risk assessment of over 3,000 U.S. counties. San Francisco ...
"Tornado Alley" Is Spreading—These Areas Are Now at Risk — Best Life
Best Life· 6 days agoWhile certain regions in the U.S. are known for specific natural disasters (for example, hurricanes...
Study: Southern California is most disaster-prone region in U.S.
Orange County Register· 5 days agoWhat’s more, if you include disaster-adjacent factors – a community’s ability (or inability) to...
Home insurance costs are soaring. Here's why, and what you can do.
CBS News via Yahoo Finance· 2 days ago"Insured losses arising from natural disasters were calculated at $121 billion and almost $125...
Catastrophe Bonds as Portfolio Diversifiers: Pros and Cons
Morningstar· 1 day agoThe holy grail of investments is one with a risk premium that is uncorrelated with the economic cycle risks associated with traditional stocks and bonds. Cat bonds are income instruments typically ...
Education News & Blogs – NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA· 19 hours agoThe NISAR mission is a collaboration between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation that’s designed to monitor and study tiny movements of Earth’s surface from events like ...