Early warning

The Telegraph reports that despite the India Meteorological Department (IMD) having 'set up a satellite-based disaster warning network that connects it with district authorities and local communities — always considered at risk of cyclones from the sea', weather surveillance projects have been delayed...

This book demonstrates how science and innovation can be harnessed to tackle today’s biggest challenges in poor countries. Its scope includes: (i) the impact of climate change and other future threats and how science can contribute to building

This document on UNESCO’s effort in assisting Haiti after the 12 January 2010 earthquake addresses both relief and reconstruction. It seeks to bridge emergency activities to support longer-term, nationally owned development in education, tangible and

'This satellite forever changed weather forecasting,' said Jane Lubchenco, NOAA administrator. 'Since TIROS-1, meteorologists have far greater information about severe weather and can issue more accurate forecasts and warnings that save lives and protect property.'...

This publication provides a view of New Zealand’s major hazard events of 2009, and the work of the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA), GNS Science and other organizations in their efforts to reduce the risks and mitigate the effects

A new study in ZSL's Journal of Zoology suggests that common toads can detect impending seismic activity and modify their behaviour from breeding to evacuation mode...

According to the World Meteorological Organization, the El Niño weather pattern warming the Pacific Ocean since June, has peaked, but is expected to influence climate patterns worldwide up to mid-year before dying out, reports Reuters...

This publication presents a review of the progress on the implementation of the action plan to build a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented information society in the Asia-Pacific region, including systems to assist, assess, reduce, monitor