Disaster Response

Starlink satellite internet service has been established in Ukraine.

Airbnb has announced that it will help temporarily house up to 100,000 refugees of the Russo-Ukrainian war.

In a new era of open source intelligence, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can be studied by anyone with the desire to find, and analyze, data available to all.

Cable-laying ships navigate complex but outdated maritime laws.

Inspired by steam engines and water-walking insects, this soft robot may one day mop up oil spills at sea.

Forensic scientists have identified two more 9/11 victims and will soon use next-generation sequencing to analyze unidentified remains.

By going beyond the "100-year storm" standard for flood protection, U.S. engineers helped minimize the impact of Hurricane Ida on New Orleans.

Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale is letting Hurricane Ida victims displaced by the storm sleep in his showroom.

Private citizens are helping scientists study the recent earthquake in Haiti by hosting low-cost quake-monitoring devices.

A new NASA study predicts record flooding in the 2030s due to a combination of rising sea levels and a “wobble” in the moon’s orbit around Earth.