The blueprint to reducing Lismore floods by up to 2 meters

CSIRO hydrologist Dr. Jai Vaze has lost count of how many times over the past four years he has been asked if he can ...
IEEE

A Fine Agricultural Flood Segmentation Model for HJ-2E S-Band SAR Data

Abstract: Synthetic aperture radar (SAR), with its all-weather, all-time observation capabilities and unique backscattering characteristics for water bodies, has become a primary data source for flood ...

Students' climate model of deadly July 4 Texas flooding suggests sea surface temperatures actually reduced rainfall

Last fall, the 12 students in the Jackson School of Geosciences' GEO 347G "Climate System Modeling" class set out to ...
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Reducing single-use plastics as flood mitigation strategy

Every rainy season, Ghana’s cities from Accra to Kumasi to Tamale are submerged under predictable, preventable floods. The most stubborn culprit clogging our drains is plastic waste. Ghana generates ...
IEEE

ConvLSTM for Flood Forecasting: A Deep Neural Network Model for Integrated Temporal and Spatial Flood Analysis

Abstract: Flood prediction and monitoring have become critical for mitigating the devastating impact of floods, especially in flood-prone areas. Current methodologies often face significant challenges ...
KNAU Arizona Public Radio

Flagstaff to use FEMA funds for flood risk reduction along Fort Valley

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved $600,000 to help the City of Flagstaff reduce flood hazards in a neighborhood along Highway 180. The funds will be used to replace two aging ...
CNN

Anthropic suspends all access to Mythos model after US government bans foreign nationals use

AI company Anthropic has disabled customer access to its most capable systems after the US government ordered it to suspend all use by foreign nationals, Anthropic said in a statement Friday evening.
LAist

Activists, supervisors debate use of chemicals in Orange County’s flood control channels

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Biking on river trails, going on ...
TechCrunch

Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 is a version of Mythos the public can access today

Anthropic is bringing its most powerful AI model to the general public for the first time, but it’s doing it with guardrails. On Tuesday, the AI firm launched Claude Fable 5, the first publicly ...
The Lancet

Hospital-level urban flood risk assessment and targeted strategies to increase hospital climate resilience in China: a modelling study

aDepartment of Earth System Science, Institute for Global Change Studies, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China bSchool of Environment, ...
PC Magazine

Should You Pay for Google Gemini Pro or Plus? These 5 Features Make It Worth It

The model you select also factors into your use. The 3.1 Pro model chews up more of your allotment than the Flash models. Depending on the model you choose and how frequently you use Gemini, you may ...