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USA: Landslide activity ramps up with extreme rainfall

New research suggests that as California experiences more frequent extreme wet years and more frequent dry-to-extreme-wet transitions, landslide activity will increase.
Eos - AGU
The Congo Basin, seen here by satellite, covers 4 million square kilometers from central Africa’s western coast through the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Credit: ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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Congo rain forest endures a longer dry season

Dry season in the Congo rain forest is becoming increasingly long, which threatens the forest's biodiversity and its role as a drought-resistant carbon sink.
Eos - AGU
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Australia: Increased future bushfire risk under a changing climate

New research has found that the risk of bushfires in Australia will significantly increase by 2070 if GHG emissions are not reduced.
Earth Systems and Climate Change (ESCC) Hub
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Extreme weather caused by climate change has damaged 45% of Australia’s coastal habitat

Australian coastal ecosystems are suffering under extreme weather events caused by climate change, and they may never recover.
Conversation Media Group, the
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European droughts in 2018: a warning of things to come

New research warns that the severe drought conditions that affected central and northern Europe's 2018 spring/summer growing season could be the norm within 25 years.
European Commission Joint Research Centre
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USA: Harvard study uses new method to show how close residents live to Aliso Canyon-type wells

A new study analyses how many people live close to active underground natural gas storage wells, which poses a potential health and safety hazard.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Argentina: Fault lines: U of T research could protect cities in active earthquake zones

A new study adds important data about Argentina's La Rinconada fault and could help to protect cities in the region from earthquake damage in the future.
University of Toronto
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Societies worldwide have become more resilient to climate disasters

New research shows that over past decades, countries have improved their ability to cope with climate disasters, with a positive correlation between wealth and resilience.
European Commission Joint Research Centre
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USA: Monsoon rains have become more intense in the Southwest in recent decades

New research reveals that individual, isolated monsoon rain storms have gotten more intense and are happening more often in the Southwest U.S.
United States Department of Agriculture
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USA: Many Dallas-Fort Worth area faults have the potential to host earthquakes, new study finds

New research reveals that the majority of faults underlying the Fort Worth Basin are sensitive to changes in stress that could cause them to slip.
University of Texas

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