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One of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters - a dam collapse that also killed more than 200 people - could have been foreseen with the right monitoring technology.
The number of people suffering extreme droughts across the world will double in less than 80 years, according to new research.
In her geosciences seminar delivered to Nottingham University, Emily O'Donnel explains the value of blue-green infrastructure (sometimes called SuDS) for reducing urban flood risk.
'Ice avalanches from collapsing glaciers are not common in populated areas, but that may change as global temperatures rise. The Ossetia avalanche alerted researchers to the urgency of gaining a better understanding of the processes that control such flows'...
This summary report is based on detailed Chinese and English language technical reports produced in China by the joint UK-Chinese team of experts, and its purpose is to provide an accessible English language scientific summary of the Taihu project
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