Research briefs

New study underscores the vulnerability of foetuses and children to cold and heat, and the need to protect the most vulnerable communities from the effects of climate change

A new study, published in Scientific Reports, used community accounts of past floods in Alaska to show how sea level rise is likely to make future floods worse.

The authors of a recenty study contend that a reliance on models that don't account for enough relevant factors and a tendency toward linear thinking have narrowed perceptions of climate change risks.

Nearly 2/3 of Americans play video games and video game developers are working on ways to incorporate climate content into games. However, little research has examined whether video game players have unique value as an audience for climate communication.

A new study finds that more than 50,000 Californians died from exposure to wildfire smoke over a little more than a decade.

A new downscaling method leverages machine learning to speed up climate model simulations at finer resolutions, making them usable on local levels.

Galveston Island was used as an example to predict damage that would occur as a result of hurricanes of varying intensities.

The researchers found geometric complexity of nearby faults could play a role in the risk of earthquakes.