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In the Himalayas, the world's highest mountain range, avalanches are becoming more common leading to greater risk for those who attempt to summit.

The Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research has trained a machine to write risk reports which are as accurate as those made by human forecasters.

University scholars from London to Japan are investigating ways of leveraging GPS signals to broaden tsunami disaster detections faster than contemporary seismic sensors.

The magnitude-7.3 earthquake that struck off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines, this week could have inflicted heavy damage had the quake been shallow and onshore.

“We have no greater concern than the future of this planet and the life upon it.” In many ways this statement sums up the essence of Indigenous wisdom, a worldview that recognizes human connection to the planet and also emphasizes respect and responsibility for the Earth. These words, however, are not quoted from the speech of an American Indian leader. They were taken from the 1988 report, “Earth System Science: A Closer View,” by a NASA advisory council, the Earth Systems Sciences Com...