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Displaying 795 of about 802 resultsMagnetometers detected faint signals that with further study, may improve our understanding of what happens before earthquakes and offer promise for early detection.
Researchers studying intermediate to large earthquakes in California have discovered detectable changes in the local magnetic field that occur 2–3 days before an earthquake. Heavlin et al.…
Hurricane Ian struck Florida on September 28 and the damages are still being tallied. It may turn out to be one of the most destructive storms ever recorded in U.S. history. At least 100 deaths have been reported, making it Florida’s deadliest hurricane in a century. Power outages affected millions. Homes and businesses were destroyed, an…
This document aims to understand the extent to which Nature-based Solutions (NbS) can be embedded into Brazil's environmental policy framework and to understand how they can contribute to Brazil's biodiversity, climate and water security challenges.
In the first section, the document analyzes key federal policies and initiatives on biodiversity, climat…
Western Central Europe, North America, China, and other parts of the Northern Hemisphere faced water shortages, extreme heat, and soil moisture drought conditions throughout the summer of 2022
Water shortages, extensive fires, high food prices and severe crop losses were among the most important impacts of one of the hottest European summers on record,…
Negative imagery of destruction may induce or inhibit action to reduce risks from climate-exacerbated hazards, such as wildfires. This has generated conflicting assumptions among experts who communicate with homeowners: half of surveyed wildfire practitioners perceive a lack of expert agreement about the effect of negative imagery (a burning house) on h…
A new research tool could be used to help predict wildfire evacuation behaviour, potentially saving lives and preventing injury in the process.
Developed by an international multidisciplinary team, led by the University of Florida and including Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury Professor Daniel Nilsson, the tool utilises GPS data in…
Back-to-back hurricanes left an unnerving scene on the Florida coast in November 2022: Several houses, and even swimming pools, were left dangling over the ocean as waves eroded the property beneath them. Dozens of homes and condo buildings in the Daytona Beach area were deemed unsafe.
The destruction has raised a disturbing question: How muc…
This paper seeks to answer the question whether climate change may have affected the characteristics of a specific extreme event or whether such event would have even been possible in the absence of climate change. It addresses this question by performing an attribution of some major extreme events that occurred in 2021 over Europe and North Americ…
Our next issue of HazNet will focus on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction was developed to guide efforts on disaster risk reduction in the period between 2015 and 2030. We are half-way through the framework. Are we making enough progress to “to prevent and reduce disaster risk through…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As the frequency and severity of both heat waves and extreme cold weather events increase across the United States, assessing how well a structure can handle extreme temperatures — known as thermal resilience — becomes critical, according to Penn State Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering Julian Wang. With a four-year,…
The U.S. experienced 15 disasters in the first nine months of 2022 that each caused at least US$1 billion in damage. Hurricane Ian is taking the largest toll of these disasters by far – but the extent of the damage could take years to calculate with any precision.
The Conversation U.S. asked Adam Rose, a senior research fellow…
The sea level is rising, and the clock is ticking in the effort to make Connecticut's coastline more resilient in the face of climate change.
By 2050 – just 28 years from now – the sea level along the Long Island Sound shoreline is projected to be 18 inches above today’s levels. By 2100 it could be as much as six and a half feet higher than current lev…
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New study finds rainfall is becoming more intense across most of the United States
Just like the old adage says: When it rains, it pours.
That turns out to be increasingly true for much of the United States, according to Northwestern University researchers.
In a new study, researchers compared observed rainfall from two climatologically distinct ti…
This is Costa Rica's Voluntary National Report for the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (MTR SF).
The overall objective of the MTR SF is to take stock of the implementation of the Sendai Framework to date, assessing progress made and challenges experienced in preventing and reducing disa…