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Coronavirus: How Twitter could more effectively ease its impact

By providing users with pertinent and reliable disaster-related information, Twitter has the potential to reduce the impact of a disaster.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Antarctic ice walls protect the climate

Study shows glacier ice walls stop rising ocean temperatures and melting glacier ice. Inland Antarctic ice holds water volumes able to raise sea levels several metres.
University of Gothenburg
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USA: Big data helps famers adapt to climate variability

Study uses big data to identify areas within fields where yield is unstable, conveying how big data and digital technology can help farmers adapt to climate threats.
Michigan State University
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UNECE study maps transport infrastructure at high risk due to climate change in Pan-European region and Canada

Study maps transport infrastructure at high risk due to climate change in Pan-European region and Canada, highlighting the need to adapt transport systems.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
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USA: Heatwave exposure linked to increased risk of preterm birth in California

Study finds exposure to heatwaves the week before birth, particularly those of long duration, increase the risk of preterm delivery and augment newborn health risk.
University of California, San Diego
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Australia: Climate change threatens research itself

Study finds extreme climate change weather events such as bushfires, hailstorms and floods impact research production, threatening research-intensive universities.
University of Queensland
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Global analysis shows unprecedented scale of Australian summer of fire

Analysis suggests the 2019-2020 Australian forest fires burned a globally unprecedented percentage of forest. Around 5.8 million hectares burned in eastern Australia.
Western Sydney University
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Australia: Why drought-busting rain depends on the tropical oceans

The lack of rain in Australia due to the absence of the Pacific Ocean’s La Niña and the negative Indian Ocean Dipole – drivers responsible for bringing wetter weather.
Conversation Media Group, the
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The climate and increased extreme weather affect our energy systems

International research team has developed a new method for calculating how extreme weather affects energy systems that contain renewable energy technology.
University of Gothenburg
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New studies explore how knowledge drives action in climate decision making

Various new University of Miami studies explore the importance of knowledge and learning in environmental decision making and climate change adaptation.
University of Miami

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