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Displaying 15 of about 62 resultsSusanne Nielsen realizes that it is probably only a matter of time before her parents' summer house at Slettestrand in North Jutland is affected by flooding. Because under the house, which is just 400 meters from the bay of Jammerbugt in the municipality of the same name, the groundwater level is now often so high that there is a risk that large am…
Climate change impacts the lives and livelihoods of everybody worldwide, including here in Sri Lanka. As a climate change hotspot, the island nation experiences frequent, extreme weather conditions including floods, landslides, and droughts, causing considerable economic setbacks.The country’s main export crop, tea, bears the brunt of these weather…
Early in 2023, monsoon rains hit hard in Nepal’s Koshi Province. The cascading nature of the flood damaged hydropower infrastructure and took the lives of several hydropower workers. The increasing frequency and intensity of climate hazards, including heatwaves, droughts, floods, landslides, windstorms and Glacial Lake Outburst Floods make Nepal particu…
When disaster hits, a quick and coordinated response is needed, and that requires data to assess the nature of the damage, the scale of response needed, and to plan safe evacuations. From the ground, this data collection can take days or weeks, but a team of UConn researchers has found a way to drastically cut the lag time for these assessments using re…
Time11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (GMT+13)AboutTechnology is increasingly transforming the cities and communities that we live in, and the way we live in them. How can we harness technology to help build our resilience to natural hazards and disasters?Join us as we hear from members of our SMART Resilient Communities project team to explore how technology is…
In 14 August 2023, heavy rainfall in North India triggered flash floods and landslides, devastating the region. Kishori Lal, the sarpanch (head) of the Kothi Gehri village in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, recalls the events of that day: “Our link road connecting to the state highway and a few homes along that road were completely devasta…
Every year, monsoon storms bring flash floods that sweep across Thailand's northern mountains at the border with Myanmar. As mountain streams in the Sai-Ruak River basin overflow, the fast-moving waters wash logs and rocks downstream and trigger mudslides on water-saturated hillsides. The flash flooding leads to deaths and destruction of property and li…
Landslides are one of the most destructive natural disasters on the planet, causing billions of dollars of damage and devastating loss of life every year. By introducing a new paradigm for studying landslide shapes and failure types, a global team of researchers has provided help for those who work to predict landslides and risk evaluations.Rochester In…
The terminologies—natural disasters and natural hazards—have been in debate as experts in various fields offer diverse perspectives in their definitions. Sometimes these terms seem interchangeable at first glance, but the nuances in their definitions highlight the complexity of understanding and mitigating the impacts of environmental events.Traditional…
The aim of this report is to investigate the potential for harnessing key features of Transformative Innovation to improve the design and the implementation of Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) strategies, based on empirical analyses. The study draws on the conceptual framework on this question previously defined for the JRC (European Commission, 2024), a…
Today, NOAA is further embedding equity in its climate data, information, science, tools and decision support through the release of its Equitable Climate Services Action Plan [Accessible PDF].The plan aims to expand the reach and accessibility of NOAA's climate services, enabling the agency to better respond to the climate adaptation and resilience nee…
This open access book draws together key research from the UK Climate Resilience programme. It focuses on topics central to the programme’s research agenda, including improved characterisation and quantification of climate risks, enhanced understanding of the management of climate risks, and the development and delivery of climate services.Key chap…
Inside Stanford’s John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center, a remote-controlled toy car carrying a very special payload zips over the 8-foot span of a model bridge. The unique cargo – a vibrational sensor – reveals the bridge is cracked. Fortunately, this is only a test and researchers created the fissure on purpose to verify the sensor worked. Like…
The Kegali calls for urgent and transformative actions by the global community and decision-makers; by the climate science community, especially WCRP and its partners around the world; and public and private sector agencies and funders. In addition to the call for action, the Declaration includes a Science Supplement that provides a synthesis of the mai…
The historic Paris climate agreement started a mantra from developing countries: “1.5 to stay alive.” It refers to the international aim to keep global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.8 Fahrenheit) compared with preindustrial times. But the world will likely pass that threshold within a decade, and global warming is showing little sign of slowing.T…