Research briefs

Older people in Austria widely perceive an increase in extreme weather since their childhood. Yet how strongly they notice these changes depends on their social position, where they live and how they relate to environmental issues.

Machine learning methods have for some time been successfully applied to unravel the complexity of earthquake interactions and to identify distinct patterns in existing earthquake data catalogues.

As India grapples with record heat and a delayed monsoon, the research paints a sobering picture: climate change is creating a deadly "dual threat" of extreme humid heat and catastrophic rainfall.

In remote communities, many homes trap heat. This is because houses are not typically designed for local climate conditions. Frequent power shortages and a lack of repair services leave these communities even more exposed.

Smog from wildfires is getting worse across much of the U.S., according to a NASA-funded study.

Most people know that heat waves can be dangerous. What they may not realize is that the heat indoors can be much worse than outdoors.

When we see a forest fire on the news, it is easy to think of it as a local emergency. A new CMCC study shows that smoke from Italian forest fires can travel hundreds to even thousands of kilometers, carrying fine particles.

Climate change could push UK rivers to dangerous extremes and see more frequent rapid swings between wet and dry conditions – a phenomenon known as hydroclimatic whiplash – according to research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA).