Flood volcanism is among the most dangerous and dramatic types of volcanic activity on Earth, capable of reshaping entire ...

according to a 2021 University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology report for the Texas General Land Office. Reem Zoun, director of flood planning at the TWDB, said that to decide how to prevent ...

In 2019, scientists mapped the geology of a region of south Zealandia spanning 0.6 million square miles (1.5 million square km). These findings revealed that Zealandia stretched, twisted and ...

The Kentucky Geological Survey is researching how to predict floods and landslides amid more extreme weather statewide.

That's because of the area's geology. The coastal Pacific Northwest is a subduction ... land that would end up in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 100-year floodplain if a magnitude 8 ...

The river's floodplain forests grow in rich, complex soils; provide safe resting grounds and food sources for hundreds of bird, insect, fish and other animal species; store carbon and retain ...

Reiter-Marolf said. “It just looks so bad.” Floodplain forests play a pivotal role in the river ecosystem – creating wildlife habitat, improving water quality, storing carbon and slowing ...