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Dealing with disasters increasingly requires a smartphone – losing access can be a nightmare, but there are ways to prepare
3+ week, 1+ day ago (655+ words) In the span of a week in August 2026, powerful storms and deadly flooding knocked out power to a half-million people across the Midwest; Tropical Storm Lala cut power to thousands more in Hawaii amid dangerous wind and flooding; wildfires forced…...
Are earthquakes becoming more common? Here’s what the numbers say
2+ week, 5+ day ago (814+ words) Whenever there’s a series of destructive or notable earthquakes, scientists get asked the same question: are earthquakes becoming more frequent? Over the past three months, multiple large earthquakes have occurred near population centres around the world, resulting in devastating impacts…...
Using thunderquakes to X-ray Earth – a new study shows urban seismology in action
3+ week, 2+ day ago (737+ words) When lightning strikes, it superheats the air around it and creates a shock wave that we hear as thunder. But thunder doesn’t just travel through the atmosphere to our ears. When that energy reaches the ground, some of it is…...