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PolyU researchers used satellite laser ranging to produce the first 30‑year record of global ocean mass change, showing sea levels rose 90 mm since 1993 and are accelerating, mainly due to rapid land‑ice melt.
PolyU researchers have utilised advanced space geodetic technologies to deliver the first precise 30-year record of global ocean mass change (also known as barystatic sea level), revealing its dominant role in driving global mean sea level rise.
For the first time scientists have integrated various modern space geodetic techniques, particularly satellite positioning data, to monitor the subsidence of vertical bedrock and successfully quantify summer water storage in the Greenland ice sheet.
This study reveals a significant disparity between low-income and high-income regions in terms of global compound drought-heatwave occurrence using observations and climate models.
Approximately 33.64−46.18% of flash droughts develop within 5 days for the period 2000−2020, and the rapid onset of flash droughts is further accelerated by the joint influence of soil moisture depletion and atmospheric aridity.
This graphic novel follows a family impacted by a major earthquake in central China, where the deadliest recorded earthquake occurred in 1556.
The Asia Pacific Emergency and Disaster Nursing Network (APEDNN) Annual Conference 2018 will be held from 15 to 16 November 2018 at Angkor Paradise Hotel, Siem Reap, Kingdom of Cambodia.
The programme provides participants with the opportunity to develop and expand knowledge, understanding and judgment in theoretical and practical disaster management and humanitarian action.
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The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
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