Research in the U.S. Southwest could expand lifesaving efforts for hazards that follow wildfires across the globe.

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A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph, the strongest classification of tornado and the first ...

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La Niña years can double flood frequency in Vietnam, threatening farms and cities, warns disaster preparedness expert Luu Le Huong.

Nebraska officials have missed a deadline to grant licenses to marijuana growers under a new medical marijuana law approved by voters. This delay highlights ongoing resistance in GOP-led states ...

Abstract: The fully supervised deep convolutional neural network (CNN) cannot detect the discriminant local information that is responsible for spatial transformations in high-resolution remote ...