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Scott McCartney reports on how Alaska Airlines has been coping with navigating around volcanic eruptions in Washington and Alaska for decades. The airline gives specific pilot training and carries out computer modelling to accurately predict ash trajectories...

According to the Benfield Hazard Research Centre, the fact that no incident between commercial aircraft and volcanic ash clouds has occurred during the start of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption shows how effective a good warning can be...

'What better way to predict the threat of future tsunamis than studying patterns from the past? Coastal sediments provide a potent geological record of recent and ancient tsunamis', says Alan Ruffman, adding that 'the size of the sand particles can provide clues about the actual height of the water column.'...

This case-bound book draws upon experiences around the world reflecting how people are using climate information to improve their lives, through climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies. In this book, over 100 authors are relating

Snow avalanches represent the major natural hazard in Europe's mountain areas during the winter. Harsh, changing conditions regarding mainly snowfall and snowpack in these areas, coupled with the increase in winter sport activities, tourism and therefore

This proceedings includes inter alia the specific outputs of the meeting which included: an inventory of the relevant technical, legal and administrative measures already current in Europe.