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Displaying 75 of about 11065 resultsA warm August wrapped up a sweltering Summer 2023 across the U.S., according to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.The nation has also been hit with 23 separate billion-dollar disasters so far this year, the largest number of billion-dollar disasters since records have been kept.Climate by the numbersAugust 2023The average temperature…
Large earthquakes not only directly damage buildings but also trigger debris flows, which cause secondary damage to buildings, forming a more destructive earthquake-debris flow disaster chain. A quantitative assessment of building vulnerability is essential for damage assessment after a disaster and for pre-disaster prevention. Using mechanical analysis…
The epicentre of Morocco’s devastating earthquake on 8 September was in the High Atlas Mountains, about 71km south-west of Marrakesh. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked Jesús Galindo-Zaldivar, who has been carrying out research on the formation of the Atlas mountains and the geology of the area, about the factors which led to this situat…
Hurricane Lee became the busy 2023 hurricane season’s first Category 5 storm and one of the most intense hurricanes on record in the Atlantic Ocean. As hurricane Lee’s uncertain storm track could potentially take it towards the Canadian Maritimes, it provides a timely opportunity to reflect on hurricane Fiona, one year after.The aftermath of hurricane F…
Among the extreme weather events we are now experiencing, including floods, severe storms and wildfires, heat waves are having the greatest impact on human health.Indeed, the deadliest weather event in Canadian history was the heat dome (abnormally hot temperatures that lasted several days) that hit British Columbia in 2021, causing at least 600 deaths.…
Twenty years ago, when strangers would ask Hermann Fritz about his job and he told them he was a tsunami expert, he got plenty of quizzical looks in response.“The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake changed everything,” said Fritz, a young researcher whose Ph.D. was barely two years old at the time, recalling the powerful undersea megathrust off the Indonesian…
Access the modules provided by the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center on heat action. The topics of the modules include:Conduct a Baseline Heat Risk AssessmentIdentify Heat-Related Vulnerabilities and ImpactsAssess Heat Risk AwarenessDevelop an Education and Engagement StrategyExplore Heat Adaptation SolutionsFund and Finance Heat A…
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…
As Hurricane Ian’s one-year anniversary approaches, a new Swiss Re analysis illustrates how rapid population growth has dwarfed accompanying efforts to reduce vulnerability to such events.This imbalance is driving loss expectations higher. Natural catastrophe models are a key element to understanding these powerful forces -- and guiding our efforts to a…
The first use cases of drones and airplanes to collect high-resolution imagery helped the EU respond to emergencies and track disaster recovery with unparalleled accuracy. The potential to support disaster management looks promising.When disasters like floods, wildfires or cyclones hit, the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) – operated by th…
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…