NSF Disaster Research News

Scientists Return to Haiti to Assess Possibility of Another Major Quake
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116282

New Earthquake Information Unearthed by San Andreas Fault Studies
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116246

NSF Dispatches Rapid Response Oceanographic Expedition to Chile Earthquake Site
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116628

Largest Attempt in History to Understand Tornadoes Slated to Begin
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114491

Researchers Release Draft Final Report on New Orleans Levees
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=107007

Large Centrifuge Helps Researchers Mimic Effects of Katrina on Levees
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=106790

Small, Unmanned Aircraft Search for Survivors in Katrina Wreckage
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=104453

Robotics Researchers Return to Examine Katrina Devastation With Small Unmanned Helicopters
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=105603

Urban Sediments After Hurricanes Katrina, Rita Contained High Levels of Contaminants
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=108811

You Still Can't Drink the Water, But Now You Can Touch It
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=108269

Study of 2004 Tsunami Forces Rethinking of Giant Earthquake Theory
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=106726

Communications Team Erects Lifeline for Firefighters Battling California Wildfires
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=107121

Istanbul Overdue for Earthquake Retrofit
http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=105691

Reactions Following Disasters Don't Fit Stereotypes
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=102815

Natural Hazards Response Requires New Approach, Study Says
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=103010

Hightailing to Haiti, Scientists Plumb Depths for Data, Deliver Goods
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/03/22/
hightailing-haiti-scientists-plumb-data-deliver-goods

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