NatHaz Modelling Laboratory

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12/29/2024

AI in CFD allows engineers to use AI models based on training data to simulate more configurations and view the results in real time, without having to run more simulations.

07/18/2024

NEW YORK (AP) — A meteor streaked over the New York City skyline before disintegrating over nearby New Jersey, according to NASA.William Cooke, the head of the space agency’s Meteoroid Environments Office, said the fireball was first sighted at an altitude of 51 miles (82 kilometers) above Manha...

07/10/2024

Even techno-optimists hesitate to say teaching is best left to the bots, but there’s a debate about where to draw the line.

07/07/2024

Hurricanes are a fact of life for people living along America’s Atlantic Coast. Of course, the risk of a hurricane making landfall varies depending where people live along that expansive …

07/04/2024

A record-breaking storm.A U.S. reconnaissance plane swooped through Hurricane Beryl — the earliest-recorded Category 5 storm to ever form in the Atlantic Ocean basin.The powerful hurricane capitalized upon anomalously warm sea surface temperatures and favorable atmospheric conditions to intensify ...

07/03/2024

In the hours after Hurricane Beryl made landfall on the island of Carriacou, a floating ocean drone intercepted the northern edge of the historically powerful storm in the Caribbean Sea.The uncrewed research vessel, dubbed a saildrone, crossed paths with Hurricane Beryl 100 nautical miles south of P...

07/03/2024

"It's hard to communicate how unbelievable this is."Officially, of course, the Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1, But most years, the tropics remain fairly sleepy for the first month or two, …

07/02/2024

This past weekend China opened the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link, a new cross-sea tunnel and bridge system located in Guangdong Province, South China. The architectural marvel apparently breaks 10 world …

07/02/2024

Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday on Grenada's Carriacou Island as a Category 4 storm packing potentially catastrophic 150 mile per hour sustained winds.The hurricane made history in several ways, and none of them are good news, experts say."The only other major hurricane to pass within 100 miles

06/30/2024

Across the Midwest during the warmer months, studying the sky for signs of storms and tornadoes becomes one of the most popular pastimes.Dan Chavas, an associate professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University’s College of Science, takes it further: A...

06/28/2024

Oceans already absorb about one-third of the planet’s atmospheric carbon dioxide. Startups want to rev that up.