by Angie Schmitt One of the most gripping local transportation debates in the United States has been unfolding in Seattle, where the replacement of a highway along the waterfront known as the Alaskan Way Viaduct presents an opportunity to completely rethink a core piece of the city’s tra...

PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI (MARKET WIRE) Haiti Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive and ECCO2 Corp (www.ecco2usa.com) have begun discussions regarding the launch of the "ECCO2 Haiti Project" in efforts to reduce carbon emissions and stimulate the Haitian economy following the catastrophic earthquake ear...

Rajan Pur, Punjab: An aerial view of flooded areas. | Photo by Mk Chaudhry/EPA (via The Guardian: Pakistan Floods: The Displaced and the Saved) Triggered by monsoon rains in late July, Pakistan has been experiencing its worst flooding since 1929. Rivers burst their banks and entire ...

Maputo (AFP) Sept 7, 2010 - Deadly protests that paralysed Mozambique's capital last week were spurred by a text message that went viral on Maputo's cell phones, signalling the power of new technology in the hands of the poor. It is difficult to find a mobile phone user who did not get t...

What peak oil? Why an oil glut is aheadFORTUNE -- In May, less than a month after the blowout of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, a key milestone was achieved with little notice: Total U.S. supplies of petroleum and products refined from it (including the Strategic Petroleum R...

Washington (AFP) Sept 7, 2010 - A top US veterans group on Tuesday blasted a planned Korean burning to mark nine years since the September 11th strikes as the work of "religious extremists" whose gesture would endanger US forces. "There is nothing to be gained and everything to lose from t...

Live view from Christchurch Cathedral Sqaure as the South Island New Zealand city is hit by a powerful aftershock, measuring 5.1 on the richter scale, hampering attempts to end the state of emergency and return to normal operation.

Flooding downpours from Tropical Rainstorm Hermine are forecast to spread northward this week over the central U.S.

PLANO, Texas, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- TGC Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: TGE) today announced that it has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire an additional 2,000 channels of GSR (Geospace Seismic Recorder) wireless recording system equipment.   Wayne Whitener, TGC Industries' President and

ITT Corporation, in partnership with Mercy Corps, announced that the company is donating five portable water treatment systems to the Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces of Pakistan in response to the recent flooding.

In Tabasco alone, homes to more than 100,000 people have been infiltrated by floodwaters, according to reports. Croplands in the state measuring at least 460,000 have been lost.

The latest on Hermine's flooding rainfall. Portions of central Texas are under water, forcing evacuations, high water rescues, and closures of major stretches of highway, including portions of I-35.

Flooding downpours from Tropical Rainstorm Hermine are forecast to spread northward this week over the central U.S.

Remember the global food crisis of 2008? Disappointing wheat harvests in Europe, the US, and Australia led to a shortfall in global supplies, and poorer countries and consumers couldn't afford grain that had suddenly become much more expensive. In the US, families struggled to stretch their food ...

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Enforcement of seismic provisions in the nation's building codes is credited with dramatically reducing the impact of the most damaging earthquake to hit New Zealand for nearly 70 years.

The city is hosting a meeting this month for developers interested in bidding on work for an estimated $127.5 million community development project.

Russian oil and gas company Rosneft is conducting oil and gas exploration work that may have caused the critically endangered western gray whale to flee its main feeding ground. Tests and offshore installment of equipment by Rosneft for a major seismic survey began in late August, despite repeate...

Today's Mobile obituaries. John Mosteller Seiselmyer Native Mobilian John Mosteller Seiselmyer died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Seiselmyer attended St. Ignatius Catholic School, St. Paul’s Episcopal School and the University of Wyoming, where he studied geology. He was a mem...

Iran stores abundant fuel oil on supertankersIran has been storing straight-run fuel oil on supertankers for at least three months, in an unprecedented move prompted by China’s poor feedstock demand and financing difficulties faced by buyers due to Western sanctions, industry sources said on Frid...

Gland, Switzerland - Russian oil and gas company Rosneft is conducting oil and gas exploration work that may have caused the critically endangered western gray whale to flee its main feeding ground. Tests and offshore installment of equipment by Rosneft for a major seismic survey began in lat...

The landscape in the central Andes Mountains, near the border between Chile and Argentina, is dominated by volcanoes and associated landforms. Layers of older sedimentary rocks are visible to the upper middle, and many volcanic cones show grooves where water has eroded the rock to form gullies. S...

The risk of tornadoes and flash flooding will continue over Texas tonight as Hermine remains mean.

Live feed via web cam at Cathedral Square in the heart of Christchurch as the cleanup operation post earthquake continues to be hampered by aftershocks hitting the region.

Tropical Storm Hermine slammed into northeastern Mexico near the Texas border on Monday, dumping heavy rain on a region still recovering from Hurricane Alex's visit in June. Hermine, the eighth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was expected to weaken as it moved ashore but could tr...

The threat of localized excessive rainfall and flooding will persist along the storm track in Japan until Malou heads back out to sea.

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/98edae/china_geological_p) has announced the addition of the "China Geological Prospecting & Seismic Instruments Industry Profile - CIC4125" report to their offering. Through a comparative analysis on the de...

Sterling Building Specialists supplies white beach sand for beaches that have lost sand due to erosion or extreme events like storms or hydrocarbon spills.

The latest on Hermine's rain and wind. Damage, power outages, flooding, and rough surf is lashing South Texas as Hermine moves northwestward into the Lone Star State.

MANILA Wednesday, September 01, 2010 (IRIN) - The Philippines is bracing for severe flooding over the next few months as a result of the La Niña weather effect, which is expected to whip up heavy storms. Some specialists are saying the country is not adequately prepared.

DAKAR Friday, August 27, 2010 (IRIN) - Further heavy rains in Niger have caused the number of people displaced by flooding to soar from 111,000 last week to 198,740 this week, says the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which is calling on donors and aid agencies to ur...

DAKAR Friday, August 27, 2010 (IRIN) - Flooding across Chad has destroyed homes, crops, livestock, wells and latrines in communities already pummelled by food shortages and high malnutrition, according to the UN.

In wake of the recent 7.0 earthquake that shook near Christchurch, New Zealand, improving weather will help cleanup...

Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 4, 2010 -A US drone strike on Saturday killed eight militants including three foreign fighters in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, security officials said.The strike targeted a militant compound in Datta Khel village in North Waziristan di...

As the aftermath of the South Island New Zealand earthquake continues, this webcam feed it live in the very centre of Christchurch, in the famous Cathedral Square.

Flooding is a serious concern from Tropical Storm Hermine in northeastern Mexico and Texas, even well after the storm makes landfall early Tuesday.

(Delft University of Technology) Buildings, car parks and roads could, alongside their "regular" functions, have a role to play in protecting the rest of the city from flooding. According to researcher Bianca Stalenberg, this concept could be very useful for the Dutch cities along the River Rhine...

Tropical Storm Hermine has formed over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. It threatens flooding rainfall and gusty winds in northeastern Mexico and southern Texas.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMountain View, California, USA - www.SumpPumpReviews.org announced its official launch today. The website provides consumers unbiased information on sump pump models and designs, and includes a number of how-to articles for home improvement enthusiasts.Wayne Rango, founder of...

Reuters: A massive landslide buried a crowd trying to dig out a bus from deep mud on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, with dozens more feared dead, as torrential rains battered Guatemala. Emergency workers recovered 22 bodies from the landslide on a major highway in Cumbre de Alaska northwest...

Inter Press Service: Every year, more than a million Amazonian turtle eggs do not make it to the hatching period, nor do they serve as food for humans in the Tabuleiro de Embaubal, a series of beaches along the final stretch of Brazil's Xingú River. Thousands of turtles lay 1.8 million eggs each...

A new geologic map of the moon's Schrödinger basin paints an instant, camouflage-colored portrait of what a mash-up the moon's surface is after eons of violent events. The geologic record at Schrödinger is still relatively fresh because the basin is only about 3.8 billion years old; this makes ...

At least 18 people were killed in Guatemala on Saturday, including a dozen on a bus that was buried in a landslide, as heavy rains lashed the Central American nation and southern Mexico. A dozen people died when the bus they were traveling on was...

With thoughts of the miners in Chile, and suggestions that a rescue tunnel will also be started to try and drive down through the broken rock, I thought I would write a little today about holding rock together. For those of a slightly cynical nature, I recently used the example of the Forth Road...

Today's Mobile obituaries. View full sizeJohn SeiselmyerJohn Seiselmyer, a former Alabama state discus champion, died on Wednesday, Sept. 1.A Mobile native, Seiselmyer attended St. Paul's Episcopal School, where he captained the Junior Varsity football team and became the state'...

Live web cam feed in the centre of Christchurch, New Zealand. This camera is positioned in Cathedral Square in the heart of the city.

A storm system moving into New Zealand on Sunday and Monday will hinder repairs and cleanup efforts after Friday's...

United Press International: A U.N. agency says the 2010 global wheat harvest is one of the largest ever but experts say a less stable climate will mean bigger food supply fluctuations. The United Nations reported a 5 percent rise in food prices in August, The New York Times said. Contributing fa...