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Risk identification and assessment

A qualitative or quantitative approach to determine the nature and extent of disaster risk by analysing potential hazards and evaluating existing conditions of exposure and vulnerability that together could harm people, property, services, livelihoods and the environment on which they depend.

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Scientists develop AI models able to predict future drought conditions with high accuracy

Research, published in the journal Scientific Reports, highlights the substantial advantages of using AI models over conventional drought indices in predicting the causes and onslaught of conditions leading to scarcity of rain and water.
University Of Sharjah (UOS)
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Projections show future droughts could be longer than expected

The average longest periods of drought could be ten days longer by the end of the century than previously predicted by climate models, according to research published in Nature.
Springer
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An innovative system for seeing into the bowels of volcanos

A team of researchers from the CNRS and the Paris Institute of Planetary Physics1 has developed an innovative imaging method that can probe the bowels of a volcano with unparalleled resolution and depth.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
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Global heating is making El Niño and La Niña forecasts less reliable, BoM says

Meteorologists say climate change and the amount of heat being added to the oceans make predictions based on the past less reliable
Guardian, the (UK)
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Arctic warming is driving Siberian wildfires

Increased temperatures and drought are leading to more wildfires. And wildfire smoke aerosols can suppress precipitation, drying out soils and further increasing fire risk.
Eos - AGU
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Documents and publications

Climate information services for health systems strengthening

This technical report explores the significant potential of Climate Information Services (CIS) to support climate adaptation within health system strengthening (HSS) initiatives.
Research briefs

Tropical cyclone intensity exacerbated by increasing depth of ocean mixed layer, finds study

The researchers found that at a certain threshold point of the ocean mixed layer depth, the effect of surface winds on sea surface temperature cooling is reduced, leading to increasing surface temperatures that helps strengthen tropical cyclones.
PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd
Flooded stores in Jianxi, China
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Is it time for China to embrace catastrophe insurance?

As disasters increase in frequency and severity, the need for such insurance is growing, but challenges persist in developing and implementing these products effectively in the Chinese market.
Dialogue Earth
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