Sandbags are one of the most popular solutions currently used to mitigate the effects of floods. However, several newer flood ...

Each barrier consists of a series of gates that can be raised to separate the lagoon from the surrounding ocean during high flood tides. Flow-through, flood control and 'dry' dams in Japan, US ...

With extreme weather, floods are getting as common in Europe as they are in Asia and Africa. New technology solutions from ...

Tens of thousands of people have been asked to evacuate to safety in the Ishikawa region which is still recovering from a devastating earthquake earlier in the year.

Losing Batteries’ Energy Even after decades of utilizing them in electronics—and now EVs—we still do not fully understand lithium-ion batteries. For example, one such issue is the tendency of ...

such as sound barriers. In the past, authorities didn’t have to ask for everyone’s opinion (or care much about the environment). Take the Tennessee Valley Authority, Brooks says, an entity established ...

BEIRUT -- The leader of Hezbollah vowed Thursday to keep up daily strikes on Israel despite this week's deadly sabotage of its members' communication devices, and said Israelis displaced from homes ...

Nearly 50 years ago, catfish farmers in the Arkansas delta imported Asian carp to clean vegetation from ponds, making better ...

One person is dead and seven others are missing in Noto Peninsula, state media reported. The region is still recovering from ...

At least one person is dead and six others are missing in Japan as parts of that country deal with record rainfall and the ...

I'm trying to get back to work. Have one. And were you? An 80-year-old man was found dead after he drove around flood barriers, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Troopers said ...