Alaska’s Arctic Ocean shores had been known to hold oil in some capacity since the 1800s. Native Alaskans would cut blocks of ...

But they can also rely on electricity, leaving them vulnerable during disasters. Above-ground fire hydrants have been around since the 1800s ... said Rob Sowby, an engineering professor at ...

Record breaking 114mph winds cause ‘unprecedented’ damage as hundreds of flights cancelled - Millions of mobile phone users got an emergency alert as people in Scotland and Northern Ireland warned to ...

Display: The ThinkPad X1 Carbon features an impressive OLED panel with 2,880-by-1,800-pixel resolution ... rendering, and engineering, and its benchmark results were among the best we've ever ...

On February 1, 1953, one of the biggest natural disasters to ever hit the Netherlands took place ... over 2,100 people died across three countries, with more than 1,800 of them being in the ...

Of course, reality bears little resemblance to this scenario, and the belief that the public and private sectors have both been ravaged by some totalitarian form of affirmative action is vastly ...

Engineers need to be able to predict how water will behave in order to design structures that manage or control it. And ...

In recent years, the Chicago River itself has undergone a renaissance, from a lifeless industrial waterway into a vibrant ...

At first glance, Silent Catastrophes does little to change the perception that Sebald revelled in sadness. Drawn from two early collections of essays on Austrian literature, the book overflows ...

Natural disasters and severe weather cost the global economy $417 billion last year, including $154 billion for which insurers were on the hook, according to a new report. Last year was the ...

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton fires continue to burn in Southern ...

Over the last several decades, various types of natural disasters have wreaked havoc around the U.S., but which cataclysms have cost the most? The National Centers for Environmental Information ...