Research briefs

In a recent study, a team of researchers led by Bruno Merz and Sergiy Vorogushyn from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences proposes a new strategy to motivate society to discuss appropriate flood risk management strategies.
The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
A man wades through the flood in Buenos Aires, Argentina
There are several factors that play an important role in the development of floods: air temperature, soil moisture, snow depth, and the daily precipitation in the days before a flood.
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren)
Food market
New research shows that climate change is already fueling heatflation, with worse to come.
Grist Magazine
Uncounted costs - heat
Considering that extreme heat events have been becoming increasingly frequent in recent decades and are also expected to do so in the future, effective control strategies to reduce ozone pollution risks are urgently needed.
Chinese Academy of Sciences
A new prediction method fueled by an MIT-derived algorithm helps forecast frequency of extreme weather.
MIT News, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This study documents evidence of the potential of Indigenous and local knowledge in reducing vulnerability to climate change and/or improving the resilience of communities.
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In a new study, researchers from the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF show that in every third case, atmospheric drought is followed by low water levels. More rarely does drought have a negative impact on groundwater.
Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
Bird eyes view of Singapore City skyline in Singapore.
A real-world study by researchers at NTU Singapore has shown that the use of cool paint coatings in cities can help pedestrians feel up to 1.5 degrees Celsius cooler, making the urban area more comfortable for work and play.
Nanyang Technological University
Wildfire in Stanislaus National Forest, California, 2013
When forests aren’t allowed to burn, they become more dense, and dead branches, leaves and other biomass accumulate, leaving more fuel for the next fire. This buildup leads to more extreme fires that are even harder to put out.
Conversation Media Group, the
In this article, world-leading water specialists from academic and practitioner communities reflect on, and share examples of, the importance of keeping people and politics at the centre of work on climate resilient water security.
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