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New Curtin University research has found exposure to outdoor air pollution and extreme temperatures during pregnancy may increase the risk of prolonged pregnancy, offering new insights into the impact of climate change on maternal health.
ADPC developed the Framework for Assisting Developing Economies in Implementing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to support developing nations in achieving their climate commitments.
New Curtin University-led research has estimated that 1454 avoidable deaths occurred in Australian capital cities in the past 20 years because of fine particle air pollution from extreme events such as bushfires and dust storms.
Climate change could pose a big risk to Australians’ reproductive health with a new, large-scale Curtin University study revealing a possible link between extreme bioclimatic exposure during pregnancy and babies’ birthweights for gestational age.
New research has revealed how radar satellites can improve the ability to detect, monitor, prepare for and withstand natural disasters in Australia including bushfires.
This policy brief provides an overview of the interaction between social media, disaster preparedness, and strategic decision-making, with a focus on Hong Kong.
Curtin University meteorologists have developed sophisticated modelling techniques able to aid the prediction of extreme weather events as a result of natural and human-induced climate change on the Earth, according to a recent press release...
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