In the 05/28/2024 edition:
News: Large, broad-based macroeconomic and financial effects of disasters
By VOX EU on May 27, 2024 05:17 pm
This column uncovers significant, sustained adverse effects of natural disasters on the US economy and financial markets. Disasters disrupt economic ac-tivity across labour, production, consumption, investment, and housing sectors.
News: Examining Assam’s disaster readiness after the 2022 floods
By Dialogue Earth on May 27, 2024 12:32 pm
India’s Barak Valley in the northeast was devastated by back-to-back floods in 2022. Two years on, is it better prepared for future disasters?
By Conversation Media Group, the on May 27, 2024 12:14 pm
New research uses gravity-sensing satellites to track how changes in water storage on land can cause unexpected fluctuations in sea levels.
News: NOAA predicts above-normal 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on May 24, 2024 08:17 pm
La Nina and warmer-than-average ocean temperatures will be major drivers of tropical activity.
By Conversation Media Group, the on May 24, 2024 07:59 pm
If the National Hurricane Center’s early forecast is right, the North Atlantic could see 17 to 25 named storms, 8 to 13 hurricanes, and 4 to 7 major hurricanes by the end of November. That’s the most named storms in any NOAA preseason forecast.
News: The drought that forced a Himalayan village in Nepal to relocate
By British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on May 24, 2024 03:33 pm
When prolonged drought struck the village of Samdzong, the residents had to make a critical decision: whether to stay or leave.
News: How can early warnings for cyclones be improved
By Down To Earth on May 24, 2024 03:20 pm
Forecasting cyclone tracks, speed & accompanying rainfall becomes challenging due to data gaps and rapidly warming oceans:
News: Measuring adaptation: Increasingly necessary but not always easy
By Climatelinks on May 24, 2024 02:44 pm
Climate adaptation encompasses many approaches. In some cases, adaptation takes the form of physical structures that can be seen and touched, such as constructing flood control infrastructure like dams and weirs
News: Another tornado-devastated town: Why so much severe weather this spring?
By Yale Climate Connections on May 24, 2024 02:22 pm
A resilient surface frontal zone lying between the Rockies and Appalachians has been oscillating north and south during much of May.
News: Integrated financial and technical services for agriculture in Burkina Faso
By InsuResilience Solutions Fund on May 24, 2024 01:59 pm
The ISF has signed a grant agreement to support the implementation of a parametric insurance to strengthen the resilience of smallholder farmers against climate change in Burkina Faso.
News: Eyes in the sky: How China's advanced Earth observation system shapes global progress
By Taylor and Francis on May 24, 2024 01:58 pm
China's Earth Observation (EO) System has seen significant progress, evolving into a sophisticated network of satellites supporting various global applications.
By Desert Research Institute (DRI) on May 24, 2024 01:52 pm
Climate change will dramatically impact streamflow and its contributions to the Colorado River by increasing forest water use and reducing groundwater levels, new study finds
News: What you need to know about record-breaking heat in the Atlantic
By Yale Climate Connections on May 23, 2024 04:19 pm
The ocean heat could fuel an unusually active hurricane season.
News: Social networks can influence perception of climate-change risk
By University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign on May 23, 2024 04:09 pm
A new paper shows that social networks can play a significant role in influencing the financial behaviors and perception of catastrophic risks brought about by climate change.
By World Health Organization (WHO) on May 23, 2024 03:46 pm
Rising temperatures and changing weather patterns are altering the spread of vector-borne diseases, with significant implications for human health and placing additional strain on systems.
News: Study analyses the impact of summer heat on hospital admissions in Spain
By ISGlobal on May 23, 2024 03:37 pm
The strongest effect of high temperatures was observed for metabolic and obesity-related disorders, renal failure, urinary tract infection and sepsis, among others
News: If Earth gets sick, so do you
By Conversation Media Group, the on May 23, 2024 03:18 pm
Earth's growing fever has obvious repercussions for human health, like heatwaves that are hotter than our physiology can tolerate. Humanity's departure from the stable climate it inherited will yield surprises, too, though.
By Conversation Media Group, the on May 23, 2024 12:31 pm
Regardless of where or when a heat wave strikes, one pattern is a constant: Older adults are the most likely to die from extreme heat, and this crisis will worsen in the coming years.
By World Weather Attribution on May 23, 2024 12:19 pm
Researchers from various countries collaborated to assess to what extent human-induced climate change altered the likelihood and intensity of the rainfall that led to the severe flooding in the most affected region.
News: As El Niño intensifies floods and droughts, early action pays off
By World Food Programme on May 23, 2024 12:07 pm
Through anticipatory action, the World Food Programme and its partners are cushioning the fallout of extreme weather in countries grappling with hunger.
News: NASA, IBM research to release new AI model for weather, climate
By National Aeronautics and Space Administration on May 23, 2024 12:06 pm
Working together, NASA and IBM Research have developed a new artificial intelligence model to support a variety of weather and climate applications.
News: U.S. drought-monitoring system outpaced by climate changes
By Dartmouth College on May 23, 2024 11:54 am
A study finds more frequent droughts challenge the accuracy of classifications tied to aid.
By University of Southern California on May 23, 2024 11:53 am
The region’s sandy coastlines are vanishing at an alarming rate. It’s a warning sign for coastal communities worldwide, USC research suggests.
News: Extreme temperatures may increase risk of stroke mortality, especially in low-income countries
By Harvard University on May 23, 2024 11:37 am
Extreme heat and extreme cold are both associated with increased risks of death from ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
News: UNDRR welcomes SRSG Kamal Kishore
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction on May 23, 2024 09:41 am
UNDRR is pleased to welcome Kamal Kishore, who starts his term as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.
News: Warming climate intensifies flash droughts worldwide
By American Geophysical Union on May 23, 2024 05:10 am
Sudden onset of drying is a rising problem, particularly acute in South America and Southern Africa. But in high mountain regions of Central Asia, climate change has instead brought more moisture.
News: Early Warnings for All intiative (EW4All): November 2023 updates
By Early Warnings for All initiative (EW4All) on May 22, 2024 04:40 pm
This brief displays the November 2023 updates for the Early Warnings 4 All initiative.
By Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences on May 22, 2024 02:45 pm
A cross-disciplinary team of researchers led by the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, used data from state-of-the-art climate models to investigate future projections of precipitation extremes and their impacts on GDP.
By International Institute for Sustainable Development on May 22, 2024 02:28 pm
A new project will use solutions found in nature to improve the resilience of 2.2 million people in Dire Dawa (Ethiopia), Kigali (Rwanda), and Johannesburg (South Africa).
News: Night-time heat significantly increases the risk of stroke
By Helmholtz Zentrum München (German Research Center for Environmental Health) on May 22, 2024 01:56 pm
In a recent study, researchers from Helmholtz Munich and the Augsburg University Hospital show that nocturnal heat significantly increases the risk of stroke.
News: USGS research brings new focus strategic monitoring wildfire impacts water
By United States Geological Survey on May 22, 2024 01:46 pm
After a wildfire, loss of canopy vegetation and changes to soil properties can occur that leads to more water flowing over land during rainfall. This can lead to flooding, erosion, and the movement of sediment, ash, pollutants and debris to surface water
News: Kenya is badly prepared for floods: four steps to reduce devastation and deaths
By Conversation Media Group, the on May 22, 2024 01:30 pm
Not for the first time, Kenya's lack of preparedness was apparent as flooding rampaged through rural and urban landscapes. There was also confusion as to who would deal with the disaster - the national or county governments.
News: Improving the effectiveness of earthquake early warning systems
By Doshisha University on May 22, 2024 12:00 pm
The Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) system sends out notifications to areas expected to experience strong tremors by detecting primary seismic waves (P-waves) that arrive before the secondary waves (S-waves).
News: California’s beaches are eroding: Here’s how to save them
By University of California, Irvine on May 22, 2024 11:46 am
A recent study by the U.S. Geological Survey shows that up to two thirds of Southern California’s beaches could disappear by 2100 if sea levels rise 3 to 6 feet, which according to the State of California Sea-Level Rise Guidance Document is likely.
By National Aeronautics and Space Administration on May 22, 2024 11:30 am
NASA’s “Wildfire Digital Twin” project will equip firefighters and wildfire managers with a superior tool for monitoring wildfires and predicting harmful air pollution events and help researchers observe global wildfire trends more precisely.
By World Weather Attribution on May 22, 2024 11:14 am
During the winter half-year of 2023/2024, western Europe experienced a series of damaging storms. These storms led to disruptions and the associated precipitation caused exacerbated flood risks.
News: Ramping up preparedness amid severe heatwaves
By Daily Star, the - Bangladesh on May 22, 2024 10:47 am
As Bangladesh grapples with the El Nino year of 2023-2024, a relentless heatwave tightens its grip on various regions of the country.
News: In a boiling world, chief heat officers battle 'silent killer'
By Context on May 22, 2024 10:10 am
As the era of "global boiling" spawns ever deadlier heatwaves, a handful of heat tsars are working with officials in cities from Miami to Melbourne in a race against time to cool urban heat traps and prevent tens of thousands of deaths.
News: Barbados: Lessons learned in crafting inclusive hurricane-preparedness messages
By Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on May 22, 2024 03:26 am
Recognizing the urgency of informing vulnerable groups with essential ‘how-to-prepare’ content for hurricane season, the Department of Emergency Management in Barbados produced awareness-raising videos focused on improving hurricane preparedness.
News: A waterfall lost and a river found
By Oak Ridge National Laboratory on May 21, 2024 04:47 pm
Over the last 4 years, the river and its surrounding area within the Amazon basin have experienced a lava dam collapse, 500 million tons of sediment displaced down the river, landslides and the formation of what is dubbed the "Ecuadorian Grand Canyon."
News: Cost of climate change comparable to economic damage caused by fighting a war
By Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on May 21, 2024 03:12 pm
The economic damage wrought by climate change is six times worse than previously thought, with global heating set to shrink wealth at a rate consistent with the level of financial losses of a continuing permanent war, research has found.
News: How Miami-Dade County is protecting public housing residents from dangerous heat waves
By Yale Climate Connections on May 21, 2024 03:12 pm
The federal government requires all public housing to be heated to keep residents warm, but it does not require cooling. So Miami-Dade County has taken action on its own.
News: Extreme heat takes a toll on Californians’ health
By Public Policy Institute of California on May 21, 2024 03:02 pm
Despite a cooler-than-average summer last year, Californians face a growing risk of heat waves that will impact public health as climate change progresses.
News: Evolving multi-hazard paradigms in a nutshell
By European Geosciences Union on May 21, 2024 02:50 pm
Understanding multi-hazard approaches is crucial in an era of escalating natural hazards leading to disastrous impacts on Earth’s citizens.
News: Soil salinization leaves farmers with drastically lower crop yields in India
By Yale Climate Connections on May 21, 2024 02:23 pm
The first year that production fell, he assumed bad weather was to blame. The reality was much more dire.
News: How an El Niño-driven drought brought hunger to Southern Africa
By Yale Environment 360 on May 21, 2024 01:54 pm
A record-breaking drought, fueled by the El Niño weather pattern, has caused widespread crop failure and national emergency declarations in Zambia, Malawi, and Zimbabwe. Without harvests of maize, millions in the region are facing a severe hunger crisis.
News: Building resilience through infrastructure investments
By Climate Investment Funds on May 21, 2024 01:32 pm
The Climate Investment Funds’ resilience programming helped build or rehabilitate more than 12,000 units of small-scale infrastructure and almost 3,000 km of roads. A new Results Deep Dive publication looks into what was delivered in 15 countries.
News: Chinese researchers issue critical warning on groundwater flooding risks
By Chinese Academy of Sciences on May 21, 2024 01:20 pm
Researchers are calling for comprehensive water management to address groundwater floods effectively. Notably, this is the third time that Science has published a paper related to the karst eco-environment in southwest China.
