Research briefs

Keep up to date with the latest research on disaster risk and resilience on the PreventionWeb knowledge base.

Explore cutting-edge research on disaster risk reduction and resilience through PreventionWeb's dedicated research briefs section. Our platform curates and highlights the most recent academic studies, providing valuable insights into disaster risk management. Each research brief distills key findings from peer-reviewed journals and academic publications.

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These briefs are designed to keep you informed about the latest scientific advances. Links to the full publications are always included, ensuring easy access to in-depth knowledge. Please note that this section exclusively features academic research, distinct from reports by international organizations or Non-Governmental Organisations.

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Eyjafjallajökull erupting above its ice cap in Iceland
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Global glacier melt: Major mass loss expected by 2100

A new study provides the most comprehensive projections to date, projecting the future of over 200,000 glaciers - excluding those in Greenland and Antarctica - under the newest climate scenarios.
ETH Zurich
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We pay less for houses in one-in-100 year flood zones – but overlook risks of more devastating floods

People pay less for homes in high flood-risk areas but often ignore the risk of rarer, severe floods (e.g.1-in-1,000 years). As climate change intensifies, underestimating low-probability but high-impact floods can lead to significant losses.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Forget snowbirds. These sunbirds are flocking north.

Hotter days and higher flood risk are prompting people across the South to reconsider where they live.
Yale Climate Connections
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Political shadows cast by the Antarctic curtain

The scientific debate around the installation of a massive underwater curtain to protect Antarctic ice sheets from melting lacks its vital political perspective.
Kobe University　神戸大学
A satellite observes a hurricane from space
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New NOAA research predicts an increase in active Atlantic hurricane seasons

In a new study published in Science Advances, NOAA and partner researchers project an increase in the variability of Atlantic tropical cyclone activity, leading to more active and inactive hurricane seasons and less near-normal seasons.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Study finds humidity diminishes daytime cooling gains in urban green spaces

Urban green spaces provide shade for city dwellers facing rising temperatures brought on by climate change, but how much relief from the heat island effect do they provide when humidity is factored in?
Yale School of the Environment
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Award-winning dataset aids in earthquake liquefaction research

Computer simulations are helping scientists and engineers improve predictions for liquefaction—a sometimes deadly earthquake effect where the soil loses its stiffness, thus toppling buildings and more.
The University of Texas at Austin
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As climate warms, California wildfires are becoming more severe, killing more trees

U biologist Jon Wang, with UC Irvine colleagues, uses satellite imagery to document the growing destructiveness of Western wildfires since 1980.
University of Utah

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