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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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Report on the large wildfires of 2022 in Europe

This report describes some of the largest European fires that occurred in 2022, with a special focus on the fire behaviour and the orographic, meteorological and operational conditions, among others, in which it spread.
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Documents and publications

Strengthening impact-based forecasting and warning in Viet Nam

This case study highlights the initiatives of strengthening impact-based forecasting and warning (IbFW) in Viet Nam.
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High tide flooding may lessen across the U.S., NOAA scientists predict

After record-breaking coastal flooding, La Nina could slightly reduce number of flood days
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Research briefs

Study revisits Texas seismic activity occurring before 2017, confirming connection to wastewater injection

There’s an important dividing line in the history of recent Texas earthquakes, when the establishment of the Texas Seismological Network (TexNet) introduced the ability to monitor seismic events to much lower magnitude.
Southern Methodist University
Madagascar view of the countryside from the sky - cloudy
Research briefs

Machine learning and better radar solve the 'cloud cover' probls

Clouds have for decades been a bugbear for remote sensing of land surface temperature. A new approach incorporating machine learning appears to have solved this challenge.
Journal of Remote Sensing (AAAS)
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Documents and publications

Uzbekistan climate adaptation and resilience assessment

The report aims to identify key gaps and propose critical actions and policy recommendations that will facilitate the transition towards a ‘green’ economy by 2030.
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Understanding evacuation behavior during cyclones: Evidence from Bangladesh

This paper provided a comprehensive analysis of the determinants of households' evacuation decisions during three cyclone occurrences in Bangladesh.
Antarctica
Research briefs

How the rising earth in Antarctica will impact future sea level rise

The rising earth beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet will likely become a major factor in future sea level rise, a new study suggests.
Ohio State University
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