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4 January 2021

USF volcanology team develops new approach to understanding massive volcanic eruptions

A USF geosciences team has developed a new way that can aid scientists in improving the way of estimating hazards of future eruptions.

University of South Florida

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24 December 2020

International research team calls for 'glocal' approach to help mitigate flooding damage

An international team of researchers is calling for a new approach to help mitigate the destructive effects of floods, increasingly affecting communities worldwide.

Chinese Academy of Sciences

PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd

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24 December 2020

Temperature changes ‘affect poor more than rich’

People who live in poorer cities have a higher risk of being hospitalised if temperatures change quickly through the course of a day or over a short period.

Science and Development Network

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21 December 2020

Natural hazards and child marriages: A case study from Bihar

Policy responses that will decouple child marriage and natural disasters are especially critical today when Eastern India is experiencing more frequent flooding events.

University of Pennsylvania

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23 December 2020

Study suggests great earthquakes as cause of Arctic warming

A researcher from MIPT suggests that Artic's rapid warming could have been triggered by a series of great earthquakes.

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

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21 December 2020

Deep, slow-slip action may direct largest earthquakes and their tsunamis

Geoscientists think the key to understanding some of earthquakes and tsunamis may lie in the deep, gradual slow-slip behaviors beneath the subduction zones.

Pennsylvania State University