The most common cause of dam failures is overtopping where the spillway cannot cope with floodwaters. Reservoir safety may also be challenged by rapid or sustained water level lowering during droughts ...

Gouges in the landscape of the Highlands left over from the Ice Age which are recognised among the world’s top geological ...

Gouges in the landscape of the Highlands left over from the Ice Age which are recognised among the world’s top geological sites have been given extra protection by the Scottish Government. The ...

The Library of Lost Maps” begins in this way, with a suitably romantic discovery that evokes the musty, analog nature of the ...

Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane, with the possibility of intensifying to a Category 5 storm ...

Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches (76 centimeters) of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.

Hurricane Melissa is sustaining Category 4 strength and may get stronger while threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica. Melissa is expected to ...

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ...

Physical sciences are those academic disciplines that aim to uncover the underlying laws of nature - often written in the language of mathematics. It is a collective term for areas of study including ...

The dance of the continents has been reshaping Earth for billions of years, creating the landscapes we walk on today.

Geography is a branch of academic study broadly concerned with the Earth. Geographers can be roughly divided into those concerned with physical earth processes (physical geography), such as erosion ...