Maintaining the critical infrastructures, such as Drinking Water Treatment Plants (DWTP), transportation, power generation and communications systems, in a safe state is a complex problem. The effective collaboration, as well as the collection aggregation and dissemination of early warning information among the stakeholders of the Safety Management System (SMS) responsible for the safety of the...

Catastrophic and sudden collapses of ecosystems are sometimes preceded by early warning signals that potentially could be used to predict and prevent a forthcoming catastrophe. Universality of these early warning signals has been proposed, but no formal proof has been provided. Here, we show that in relatively simple ecological models the most commonly used early warning signals for a catastrop...

First posted August 15, 2023 For additional information, contact: Associate Director, Natural HazardsU.S. Geological Survey12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., Mail Stop 905Reston, VA 20192Contact Pubs Warehouse Every year in the United States, natural hazards threaten lives and livelihoods, resulting thousands of casualties billions dollars damage. The U.S. Survey (USGS) Hazards Mission Area works with m...

Monitoring and early warning of submarine landslides could provide instant predictions for landslides, which is to avoid the destructive damage facilities such as pipelines optical cable, etc effectively. However, researches on landslide focus numerical simulation laboratory test, lacking support in-situ observation data. This paper established monitoring system by combining real-time data with...