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Displaying 15 of about 57 results… catastrophe insurance and reinsurance sectors. The first wave of disruption saw the arrival of fresh capital, to found … sustained dominance in global reinsurance. A second wave of disruption starting in the mid-1990s saw the … been impossible without catastrophe loss models. The Third Wave of Disruptive Technology Since 2000, catastrophe …
… itself to accurately predict extreme weather events, like heat waves, up to five days in advance using minimal … — extended hot and cold spells that can lead to deadly heat waves and winter storms. Once trained, the system was … one didn’t cause extreme weather. This one caused a heat wave in California. This one didn’t cause anything. This one …
… since April 2023, which is causing unprecedented heat stress conditions in the Caribbean Basin, including … Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico. More isolated marine heat wave conditions have been detected off the Northeast U.S. …
… Year after year, record-breaking air temperatures and heat waves are reported nationwide. In 2023, Death Valley, … June—and in July, Southwest states experienced prolonged heat waves where temperatures did not drop below 90°F . This … weather-related cause of death in the United States is heat . To address this growing threat, the Environmental …
… 2100, the U.S. will experience more frequent and intense heat waves, especially in Alaska and states located in the … and Southwest. ASU engineers are trying to grasp how heat stresses the body, and they’re using ANDI — a breathing, … mannequin — to do it. “The instrument essentially measures heat load received by an average human body on 35 different …
… during June in the Pacific Northwest replaced by a heat wave in July; a record-warm early winter for most … the likelihood of longer, more intense droughts and heat waves, and we’re also seeing these spells broken …
… Engineering and Computing. Oregon State University’s large wave flume and directional wave basin Previously known as the Tsunami Wave Basin, the Directional Wave Basin was designed to …
… the imperfections to act as "waypoints." As a seismic wave jostles the fiber cable, the waypoints shift minutely in … thus allowing scientists to track the progression of the wave. The DAS instrument used in this study was built and … to generate so-called Scholte waves—a type of seismic wave that occurs at the interface of a liquid and a solid. By …
… the platform incorporates tens of thousands of storm wave simulations generated through variables such as storm … in relation to a storm threatening landfall. Actual storm wave inundation modelling on Tuvalu’s islands is very complex … reproduced with scaled waves generated to show true wave impacts. The results were used to calibrate and train …
… wide – much larger than can be simulated in a traditional wave tank. “This is the first time anything like this has … soil, with gates to allow for flow simulating a tsunami wave. “We’re trying to mimic the entire process of a tsunami … drawing back,” Mason said. “If you’re putting soil in a wave flume to try to do that, it gets really, really …
… California and Japan to better recognize the energy wave and differentiate it from other waves that may trigger a … this better distinguishes what an earthquake-related wave is: in the study the accuracy was over 99% as to what … California and Japan to better recognize the energy wave and differentiate it from other waves that may trigger a …
… an earthquake, huge wildfires in California, a 30-meter wave that capsizes a ship — these are rare events and because … predicted by model by uncovering the probable nonlinear wave conditions they need to form. The bottleneck with this … quantify when rogue waves will form by looking at probable wave conditions that nonlinearly interact over time, leading …
… and common understanding of the terminology used. “In the heat of battle, with a tsunami rapidly approaching, we don’t … the fact that 332,000 people took part in the CARIBE WAVE 2016 tsunami drill. To sharpen the preparedness focus, … and common understanding of the terminology used. “In the heat of battle, with a tsunami rapidly approaching, we don’t …
… energy that is clean, provides a sustainable baseload for heat and electricity and is an emerging key technology in the … of EGS technology towards market-ready power and heat supply in urban environments. In a new study now … authorities for the safe continuation of the St1 Deep Heat Oy energy project. “The near-realtime processing of …
… some types of extreme weather, especially those linked to heat. To track how the evidence on this fast-moving topic is … human influence or were inconclusive. Of the 152 extreme heat events that have been assessed by scientists, 93% found … the literature is heavily dominated by studies of extreme heat (30%), rainfall or flooding (25%) and drought (16%). …