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Displaying 105 of about 949 resultsThe summer of 2022 was the hottest summer ever recorded in Europe and was characterised by an intense series of record-breaking heat waves, droughts and forest fires. While Eurostat, the European statistical office, already reported unusually high excess mortality for those dates, until now the fraction of mortality attributable to heat had not been qua…
One of the main risks posed by climate change is exceeding the thermal limits of the human body. In hot environments, evaporation is considered to be the primary means by which human bodies cool down. However, atmospheric humidity is a crucial factor affecting the efficiency of evaporation, making the combination of hot and humid conditions more physiol…
Climate change poses a risk to global food security.Weather and climate extremes, such as prolonged drought, heavy rainfall and heatwaves, can lead to harvest failures. These are occurring with increased magnitude and frequency on a warming planet.In addition, such events can disrupt supply chains, decreasing food supply and leading to price spikes.…
Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall on Mexico’s Baja peninsula and moved into Southern California with damaging wind and heavy rainfall on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. Forecasters warned of a “potentially historic amount of rainfall” and dangerous flooding. California’s governor declared a state of emergency on Saturday, and officials had urged people on Cata…
This report identifies the hazards that, once paired with corresponding vulnerabilities and exposures, would escalate and cause global and existential catastrophes. Its goal is to distil governance insights on risk cascades from a review of the literature, an expert survey and expert consultations.Escalating hazards share core characteristics such…
On September, 3rd 2023 at the Museum Radom Village, ul. Stawowa, 26-616 Radom, Poland. Foundation GOTOWI.ORG is inviting you to attend the Central Readiness Workshop in Poland. Central Readiness Workshop are implemented thanks to the co-financing of the Marshal's Office of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship, as well as the cooperation of business and NGOs…
Landmark study in Science Advances reveals variation of excess deaths after hurricanes in the U.S. varied by hurricane season, geography, and social vulnerability.Over recent decades, there has been a large variation in cyclone-related excess deaths by hurricane, state, county, year, and social vulnerability across the United States, with 83 percent of…
Cette étude, initiée par le Secrétariat Permanent du Conseil National pour le Développement Durable (SP/CNDD) et conduite dans la région du Plateau Central du Burkina Faso, est une première mise en œuvre de l’approche régionale. Il s’agit d’identifier les risques climatiques ainsi que les secteurs prioritaires, les moyens de subsistance et les populatio…
Rock bursts, commonly associated with coal mining activities, involve the abrupt release of elastic energy from rock masses. Recognized as a major challenge in mining engineering and rock mechanics worldwide, they can lead to the destruction of underground passageways, damage to equipment, and even result in casualties.To date, however, there remains a…
The climate event called El Niño is a natural pattern that has important implications for the ecosystems and biodiversity of the Americas and the Caribbean region, given its frequency, intensity and negative impacts. The prolonged droughts resulting from El Niño are its main manifestation, causing alterations in the dynamics and physiological cycles of…
The increasing number of extreme bushfires around the world, as currently seen in Canada and Greece and previously during the Australian Black Summer, could exacerbate climate change and further disrupt Earth’s systems, leading to devastating impacts across the globe.In an article published in leading academic journal Science, researchers from UNSW Canb…
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Dry lightning can still be disastrous even when conditions aren’t so dry, a study has found. These cloud-to-ground strikes during little to no rainfall were previously thought to pose wildfire danger only if occurring with less than 2.5 mm of rain in a day (about 0.10 inches). A Washington State University-led study of…
Korea has recently seen a surge in localized torrential rain and floods due to global warming. Frequent flash floods are hard to forecast and, when forecast, the accuracy is low. This often leads to major disasters that take hundreds of lives, as seen in Germany and China (Henan) in July 2021. Floods are one of the deadliest types of natural disasters,…
The US National Weather Service has declared that El Niño conditions are now present and expected to strengthen in the Pacific Ocean. In this blog, we explore what this means for the anticipatory action community.What is ENSO?The El Niño Southern Oscillation, or ENSO, is a cycle of warming and cooling events in the area of the Pacific Ocean along the eq…
Extreme weather events such as heat waves and heavy rainfall are increasing, with a strong impact on humans and the environment. VHR-PRO_IT is an open access climate projection over Italy, with the highest spatial and temporal resolution currently available, and is openly available through CMCC’s Data Delivery System.In recent years, Italy – along with…