In the 31/10/2023 edition:
Music and art to raise youth awareness around disaster risk reduction in Sri Lanka
By Connecting Business initiative on Oct 30, 2023 01:44 pm
With extreme weather events and other natural phenomenon increasing in frequency and intensity, a whole-of-society approach is essential for better preparedness, response, and recovery, leading to greater societal resilience.
NASA, Pacific Disaster Center increase landslide hazard awareness
By National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Oct 30, 2023 12:28 pm
Communities worldwide now have access to a powerful tool to increase their awareness of landslide hazards, thanks to NASA and the Pacific Disaster Center.
World-first warning system can help predict extreme fires
By University of New South Wales on Oct 30, 2023 12:07 pm
A new warning system developed by a UNSW Canberra researcher could help firefighters better understand the severity of upcoming fire seasons.
Can animals predict earthquakes and other disasters?
By International Fund for Animal Welfare on Oct 30, 2023 10:26 am
There is a common belief that animals can predict earthquakes and other disasters. But is it based in evidence? And how is wildlife really impacted by disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, wildfires, and storms?
By World Bank, the on Oct 30, 2023 10:15 am
Building a resilient future: experts from the City Climate Finance Gap Fund share how they worked with policy makers in Panama to enhance last-mile connectivity, spur urban regeneration, and support disaster risk reduction in vulnerable communities.
By Guardian, the (UK) on Oct 30, 2023 10:03 am
With a hot and dry summer on the way, advocates are raising awareness of the dangers of high temperatures that threaten the most vulnerable.
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 30, 2023 09:50 am
Preliminary findings from the analysis of 79 adaptation projects show that managed retreat, structural flood protection and climate-resilient development projects are most at risk of maladaptation.
Otis teaches a terrifying lesson in rapid hurricane intensification
By Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Oct 30, 2023 08:50 am
What’s been happening lately cannot be sugarcoated. Since the beginning of the century, 16 category 5 hurricanes have formed in the Atlantic—a rate slightly higher than one every year-and-a-half.
Industrial powerhouse commits on resilience
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction on Oct 30, 2023 08:43 am
UNDRR recognized Ulsan Metropolitan City as the latest Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) Resilience Hub. Ulsan is the home to many of Korea’s industries which have powered the country’s remarkable economic development.
Exploring long-lasting effects of pre-phase landslides on future landslide occurrences
By Chinese Academy of Sciences on Oct 27, 2023 11:45 am
A research team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences has explored the long-lasting effects of pre-phase landslides on future landslide occurrences and evaluated the susceptibility of regions prone to seismic events.
Cyclone Lola leaves trail of destruction in Northern Vanuatu, warning for cyclone season
By International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on Oct 27, 2023 11:14 am
Making landfall on 26 October 2023, Cyclone Lola has left a path of destruction with damage to houses, schools, infrastructure, plantations, and roads – making some of the most affected communities currently inaccessible to outside assistance.
Mystery of volcanic tsunami solved after 373 years
By GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel on Oct 27, 2023 11:09 am
Researchers have reconstructed an historic volcanic eruption using 3D seismics - a geophysical technique that uses sound waves to create cross-sectional profiles of geological structures beneath the seabed.
China-Pakistan joint research center inaugurated to help mitigate climate change impacts in Pakistan
By Xinhua News Agency on Oct 27, 2023 11:09 am
The China-Pakistan Joint Research Center on Earth Sciences (CPJRC), a high-level scientific and technological innovation platform, has been inaugurated at Quaid-i-Azam University, aimed at promoting sci-tech cooperation against climate-induced disasters.
Climate crisis costing $16M an hour in extreme weather damage
By Guardian, the (UK) on Oct 27, 2023 11:00 am
Analysis shows at least $2.8tn in damage from 2000 to 2019 through worsened storms, floods and heatwaves
New study suggests cyclones in the Arctic are forming more often and getting stronger
By PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd on Oct 27, 2023 10:50 am
A team of Earth scientists has found evidence that suggests cyclones have become more common over the past half-century and have also become stronger. They gathered resource data from a variety of sites covering decades of Arctic environmental research.
Scientists find two ways that hurricanes rapidly intensify
By National Center for Atmospheric Research on Oct 27, 2023 10:33 am
New study may help forecasters better predict dangerous storms.
NASA, Pacific Disaster Center release new landslide hazard alerting capability
By Pacific Disaster Center on Oct 27, 2023 10:31 am
Communities worldwide now have access to a powerful tool to increase their awareness of landslide hazards, thanks to NASA and the Pacific Disaster Center
How changes in the Arctic shape global weather patterns
By Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research on Oct 27, 2023 09:55 am
Weather instabilities in the Arctic and changes in air temperature in distant regions such as California and Southwest China are linked, an international team of researchers reveals.
By United Nations University on Oct 26, 2023 03:33 pm
Drastic changes are approaching if risks to our fundamental socioecological systems are not addressed.
3 ways to prepare for bushfire season if you have asthma or another lung condition
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 26, 2023 03:04 pm
Small smoke particles can get into the lungs and the bloodstream. This affects people in bushfire regions and those in cities and towns far away. People with a lung condition are among those especially affected.
How sustainable, liveable and resilient housing can help us adapt to a changing future
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 26, 2023 03:00 pm
Sustainable housing provides significantly improved environmental performance. However, it is more than just improving energy and water performance. Sustainable housing considers impact across the whole of its design, construction, and use phases.
The Averted Disaster Award opens its third call for recognizing global disaster mitigation successes
By Averted Disaster Award on Oct 26, 2023 02:26 pm
The Averted Disaster Award, dedicated to acknowledging successful disaster mitigation efforts worldwide, has officially launched its third call for nominations.
Cornell expands wildfire smoke sensor network for New York
By Cornell University on Oct 26, 2023 01:46 pm
Installing smoke sensors in all New York counties will allow state and federal agencies to observe smoke plumes in real time, collect data and issue precise, timely alerts to the public.
Superstorm Sandy devastated NJ. Now, new flood walls to protect it.
By Christian Science Monitor on Oct 26, 2023 01:42 pm
Flood walls, levees, and high-powered pumping stations are underway in $298 million project to protect densely populated cities in New Jersey. The projects were envisioned in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, which inundated the area in 2012.
By World Health Organization on Oct 26, 2023 01:33 pm
A new public health taxonomy for social listening on respiratory pathogens has been released alongside other useful tools for infodemic management.
Stanford collaboration offers new method to analyze implications of large-scale flood adaptation
By Stanford University on Oct 26, 2023 01:29 pm
In a test of their new analysis tool, researchers show where “moving up” or “moving over” may make the most sense for those affected by the 2022 Pakistan flood, and what costs it would entail.
UW experts offer hot takes on El Niño, weather and ocean temperatures
By University of Washington on Oct 26, 2023 01:07 pm
Five University of Washington experts offer their perspectives on the current El Niño — a climate pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean that affects weather worldwide — and its wide-reaching effects.
Understanding a river’s history is key to predicting its response
By Griffith University on Oct 26, 2023 12:55 pm
A new Griffith study has developed a metric to describe the relationship between flow and water quality, which can help understand the response of waterways to flood events.
Scientists isolate early-warning tremor pattern in lab-made earthquakes
By University of Texas on Oct 26, 2023 12:34 pm
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have successfully isolated a pattern of lab-made ‘foreshock’ tremors. The finding offers hope that future earthquakes could be forecast by the swarm of smaller tremors that come before them.
Trapped in their homes: Women and girls comprise majority of earthquake casualties in Afghanistan
By United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women on Oct 26, 2023 12:12 pm
In the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Herat, the death toll and injuries have been higher among women and girls. Women represented 58 per cent of adults killed, 60 percent of those injured, and 61 per cent of those missing as of 19 October.
Analysis: Africa’s extreme weather has killed at least 15,000 people in 2023
By Carbon Brief on Oct 26, 2023 12:06 pm
In an extraordinary year for the Earth’s climate – which is now virtually certain to be hottest on record – global warming has combined with the El Niño weather phenomenon and other factors to cause “crazy” weather across the globe, including in Africa.
By University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Oct 25, 2023 10:04 pm
Rising temperatures could reduce U.S. economic growth by up to one-third over the next century, says Kenan-Flagler’s Ric Colacito.
By World Meteorological Organization on Oct 25, 2023 10:02 pm
The Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week and a parallel Forum of Environment Ministers take place in Panama as the region is battered by record temperatures, drought and fires – as well as floods and storms.
Baltimore church becomes an extreme weather ‘resiliency hub’
By Yale Climate Connections on Oct 25, 2023 10:01 pm
Stillmeadow Community Fellowship, a church in Baltimore, serves more than people’s spiritual needs. The church is one of about 20 organizations that have partnered with the city to become resiliency hubs.
The Rio Grande isn’t just a border – it’s a river in crisis
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 25, 2023 05:07 pm
The river often figures in immigration, narcotics smuggling and trade but there’s another crisis on the river that receives far less attention. The river is in decline, suffering from overuse, drought and contentious water rights negotiations.
Method involving citizen participation found effective to address risks of environmental disaster
By Agência FAPESP on Oct 25, 2023 04:03 pm
Study describe a three-year research project whose main findings were that the transformative pathways through which urban data can enable change should encompass not only the development and deployment of novel digital technologies.
Declining Bering Sea ice linked to increasing wildfire hazard in northeast China
By PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd on Oct 25, 2023 03:43 pm
With Arctic sea ice concentration predicted to disappear entirely during summer months by the 2050s, the likelihood of more frequent and damaging wildfires is an ever-pressing issue that requires management strategies to be implemented
As storms batter the Dominican Republic, its people are better prepared
By World Food Programme on Oct 25, 2023 03:31 pm
WFP-supported early response initiatives are helping the Caribbean nation weather the climate crisis.
Himalayan communities are under siege from landslides – and climate change is worsening the crisis
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 25, 2023 03:25 pm
As climate change is making these cloudbursts and other forms of heavy rainfall more intense and more frequent in the Himalayan foothills, the hilly slopes are becoming saturated more frequently, and thus unstable.
Heatwaves, droughts, other extreme weather events increasingly influencing adaptation policies
By European Environment Agency on Oct 25, 2023 03:23 pm
Climate risk assessments that take account of threats like heatwaves, droughts, floods and wildfires are increasingly being used to inform and improve national adaptation policies according to the latest EEA assessment of national adaptation actions.
By World Bank, the on Oct 25, 2023 03:18 pm
The Social Support for Resilient Livelihoods Project supports three core programs: the i) social cash transfer program; ii) climate smart enhanced public works program; and iii) livelihood support interventions
Enhancing European financing for adaptation to cascading climate risks
By European Center for Development Policy Management on Oct 25, 2023 02:51 pm
The climate adaptation needs of developing countries are huge and growing. Yet, the gap in adaptation finance for these countries is projected to be five to ten times greater than current levels of international adaptation finance flows.
2023 year of record extremes: new report
By Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research on Oct 25, 2023 02:40 pm
In 2023, anomalies like high temperatures, ocean-warming and more frequent wild fire events have reached unprecedented records until now, shows a new report by an international team of researchers
How can we do better? Improving climate and disaster resilience in complex settings
By World Bank, the on Oct 25, 2023 02:25 pm
Globally, the number of countries affected by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) is on the rise.
At least 100 million hectares of healthy land now lost each year
By United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification on Oct 25, 2023 01:57 pm
New UN data warns land is degrading faster than we can restore it, with land degradation is accelerating across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Global progress towards ending land loss will be reviewed next month in Uzbekistan
Increased West Antarctic Ice Sheet melting ‘unavoidable’
By British Antarctic Survey on Oct 25, 2023 12:38 pm
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet will continue to increase its rate of melting over the rest of the century, no matter how much we reduce fossil fuel use, according to British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research published in the journal Nature Climate Change.
Drought-hit farmers in US heartland hope Mississippi 'comes back'
By PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd on Oct 25, 2023 11:50 am
For a second straight year, dangerously low water levels in the Mississippi River have drastically curtailed river transport, and that means added costs and complications for the farmers of the American heartland.
International exercise builds resilience for emergency preparedness
By International Atomic Energy Agency on Oct 24, 2023 01:23 pm
The IAEA together with 62 countries and international organizations came together to simulate a global response to a nuclear emergency and examine whether these arrangements are robust and fit for purpose in the event of a severe nuclear accident.
Long road ahead for Afghan earthquake survivors, especially women
By The New Humanitarian on Oct 24, 2023 01:23 pm
Despite an outpouring of support, relief efforts still suffer from major challenges, especially for vulnerable groups such as women and children, and, with winter coming, an urgent rebuilding programme is needed to provide survivors with proper shelter.
Climate catastrophe in Sikkim Himalaya: Twin track resilience strategy
By United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific on Oct 24, 2023 11:55 am
Managing cascading risk requires a multi-hazard, multi-sectoral and systemic risk approach that considers the connection between hazards, sectors and specific incidents to formulate effective risk-mitigation plans.
By York University on Oct 24, 2023 10:44 am
Individual and social factors contribute to lack of preparedness, despite many available residential wildfire mitigation and educational programs, study reveals.
How drought and rising temperatures drove millions of Somalis from their homes
By Yale Climate Connections on Oct 24, 2023 10:41 am
A small increase in average monthly temperatures led to a 10-fold jump in the number of refugees.
How to avoid dam collapse devastation and flooding
By Brunel University London on Oct 24, 2023 10:16 am
New research outlines the best locations for dams to avoid flash floods and to save lives.
