Research briefs

Researchers have developed a machine learning method for predicting wind speed and wave height measurements.
Dalhousie University, Dalnews
Study suggests that while the public generally uses aftershock forecasts in their earthquake hazard decisions, communication of forecasts can always be improved.
Temblor
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New research highlights how interdependences among infrastructure systems like roads can complicate climate adaptation.
Eos - AGU
The development of oil palm and rubber plantations in a watershed area of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island is exacerbating flooding for nearby communities, new research suggests.
Mongabay
New study shows that risk communication, in the context of COVID-19 in China, in the initial stage of the outbreak mitigated the susceptibility to emotional contagion.
EurekAlert
Zhengzhou Normal University
An international study has discovered how volcanoes experience stress, having implications for how the world might be better protected against future volcano collapses.
Monash University
Simultaneous heatwaves and droughts are becoming increasingly common in western parts of the United States, according to a new study.
McGill University
EurekAlert
New report summarises the enormous impacts of climate change on wildfire seasons and the sequential increased morbidity, mortality, and mental health impacts.
Monash University
Understanding Southern Arizona wildfires: research shows that while winter rains can temper the beginning of the wildfire season, monsoon rains are what shut them down.
University of Arizona
Study in Utah, US, shows neighbourhoods dominated by impervious surfaces were warmer and drier than the urban parks—up to 2 degrees warmer in both daytime and nighttime.
University of Utah

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