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Coastal mapping holds the key to climate adaptation for the world's island nations

Accurate sea-level data, combined with an understanding of the depth and shape of coastal terrain, enables more precise modelling of marine hazards.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Biking in flood
Research briefs

New model to enhance extreme rainfall prediction

Scientists have developed new guidance and tools that could significantly improve the prediction of life-threatening flash flooding.
Newcastle University
earthquake
Research briefs

Operational earthquake forecasting – What is it and how is it done?

While earthquakes cannot be deterministically predicted, operational earthquake forecasting systems can provide valuable insights into the likelihood of future quakes.
Eos - AGU
Street in Nuku'alofa on Tongatapu island, Tonga.
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Weather ready Pacific: Saving lives in Tonga with new weather radar

Tonga launched a Weather Radar during the Fifty-Third Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting now underway. The Radar is the first deliverable of the Weather Ready Pacific in the Pacific region.
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
The Burden of Floods
Update

Strengthening Pakistan's readiness for the next crisis

In just three years, Pakistan has faced the COVID-19 pandemic, the most severe locust outbreak in 30 years, a drought emergency, and unprecedented flooding that submerged a third of the country.
World Bank, the
Woman in Congo
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In Kinshasa, nature-based solutions are easing challenges from rapid urbanization and climate change

Nature-based solutions like urban farming, terraces, and green corridors can help cities with climate challenges including urban heat, flooding, and air pollution. But how can governments and communities determine which nature-based solutions?
World Bank, the
A hand puts a two-euro coin in the dried up ground
Research briefs

Revising the cost of climate change

New study of economic toll yields projections ‘six times larger than previous estimates’.
Harvard Gazette
Closed road signs on an empty flooded road
Research briefs

Future global flood hazards at unprecedented accuracy

A global flood hazard map at 30-meter resolution is constructed using latest hydrology, topography, and climate data, and its accuracy is approaching that of local to regional scale flood inundation maps.
Eos - AGU
People taking a bath at a municipal water source to cope with the heatwave in India, 2015
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Why is climate change causing ‘record-shattering’ extreme heat?

In this era of rapid human-caused climate change, the setting of new regional and national temperature records during heatwaves happens so frequently that it can sometimes feel commonplace.
Carbon Brief
Flooded road in Florida after heavy hurricane rainfall
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What is an Atlantic Niña? How La Niña’s smaller cousin could affect hurricane season

It’s rare to see both Niñas at the same time, yet in August 2024, both appeared to be developing. Let’s take a closer look at what that means.
Conversation Media Group, the
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