Research briefs

A pioneering study has revealed that by the turn of the next century at least half a million more people in the UK will be exposed to risk of coastal flooding – a 25% increase compared to now.

The European summer of 2026 has so far been characterised by exceptional heat and widespread dryness.

Using the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI), the study shows that hazardous heat is becoming more frequent, more intense and more widespread, with hotter nights, longer heat stress seasons and increasing numbers of people exposed to hazardous heat.

Ocean tides push upstream along coastal rivers, in some cases reaching hundreds of kilometers inland. These inland stretches are known as tidal rivers, and they’re the scene of complex interactions between the river current and tidal oscillations.

A new study shows the pros and cons of different model training methods.

Researchers call for urgent rethink of global hazard monitoring as "Small Alpine Lake Outbursts" emerge in a warming world.

A research team has uncovered a previously hidden population of so-called slow slip events beneath the Parkfield section of California’s San Andreas Fault.

Wetlands protect communities and ecosystems from flooding. A study quantifies their financial importance.

Over the past 15 months, one of the country’s worst marine environmental disasters has been unfolding in South Australia.

A new study suggests the world is far less likely to experience a single, planet-wide drought than previously feared.