IJGI, Vol. 9, Pages 643: Detecting Destroyed Communities in Remote Areas with Personal Electronic Device Data: A Case Study of the 2017 Puebla Earthquake

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:33:00 +0100mdpi (en)

Large-scale humanitarian disasters often disproportionately damage poor communities. This effect is compounded when communities are remote with limited connectivity and response is slow. While humanitarian response organizations are increasingly using a wide range of satellites to detect damaged....

Powerful earthquake shakes Mexico and southwest Guatemala

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:51:00 +0100en24 (en)

A strong 5.7 magnitude earthquake, whose epicenter was southeast Mexico , shook part of Guatemala this Sunday, October 25, causing alarm among citizens, but without reports of victims or damages, reported civil protection . The spokesperson for the Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conred), David....

Scientists rediscover tectonic plate lost for 60 million years

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 17:51:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

Tectonic plates are massive, and it’s hard to imagine one being lost for 60 million years, but that is the case. Researchers from the University of Houston have discovered a lost tectonic plate that spent 60 million years hidden under the Pacific Ocean.

Despite active hurricane season, Louisiana's coastal restoration projects saw little damage; here's why

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:07:00 +0200nola (en)

Restoration projects along Louisiana’s coastline were mostly spared by the six different hurricanes that have threatened the state so far this year, including Category 4 Laura and Category 2 Delta, which slammed into the southwestern part of the state, Gov. John Bel Edwards said this week.