News and announcements

Climate change could make historically rare tropical cyclones more common in Southern California, significantly expanding landslide risk across the region by 2050.

Heatwaves across Europe and south Asia have dominated the news recently. But these events are really a surface expression of more fundamental changes that are affecting our planet: the Earth itself is accumulating heat faster than ever before.

Aotearoa New Zealand has experienced a particularly warm start to this winter, with record high June temperatures in the capital and warm conditions across the country.

Three Foresight satellites increase Earth-monitoring network developed by Abu Dhabi's Space42

With a strong El Niño expected to hit the country in the latter part of the year, the OPAPRU announced that it has initiated an inter-agency coordination to help in mitigating its impact on farming communities.

A team from the SLF studied ten different debris-flow channels in Switzerland to gain a fuller understanding of flows. The findings pave the way for the next generation of debris flow models.

Research published in the journal Environmental Research: Climate found that extreme heat is already influencing how people with cancer manage daily life, access care, and make treatment-related decisions.

Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo (UTokyo-IIS) have developed a real-time data assimilation system that substantially improves streamflow and flood forecasting accuracy across Japan.