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New research demonstrates a novel concept that increases the amount of heat that can be eliminated through boiling. In nuclear plants, boiling is used as a cooling mechanism, so eliminating more heat is important for preventing possible meltdowns.
This policy brief outlines 13 recommendations for improving home buyout policy and practice based on studies that have spanned the past five years in the U.S.
The worldwide spread of a serious infectious disease could result in pandemic-related deaths of 700,000 and annual economic losses of $500 billion, according to a study in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. The model could also be applied to evaluate the impact of other outbreaks, such as malaria, or catastrophic events, including nuclear attack.
The purpose of this roundtable is to gather experts together to organize information and experiences, in order to ensure that gender and diversity are integrated into the discussions leading up to the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reductio
LocationManoa, HawaiiDegreeDisaster management humanitarian assistance graduate certificate
Using this unbiased, reconstructed surface temperature data set in four widely used atmospheric models, the scientists were able to reproduce quite closely the observed patterns of climate change seen over the 60-year period in the tropical Indo-Pacific and the slowdown of the Walker circulation...
'This research has implications for communities that are assessing options for adapting to sea level rise. Adapting to marine inundation may require a very different set of options and alternatives than adapting to groundwater inundation,' states Fletcher, principal investigator on the grant that funded the research...
Of all natural disasters, hurricanes are among the deadliest and costly in the built environment.
Voluntary Commitments
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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.