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The Pacific Coast Tsunami Hazard Zone warning sign warns the public of potential dangers following an earthquake.
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UH leads game-changing earthquake, tsunami undersea early warning system

An effort to advance a global network of SMART seafloor cables and develop early warning systems for tsunamis and earthquakes around Vanuatu and New Caledonia is being led by the University of Hawaiʻiat Mānoa.
University of Hawai'i
Caldera Lake in an Active Volcano on Mount Douglas in the Alaska Peninsula of Alaska
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New volcano activity monitoring method enhances early warning

University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists are presenting their work at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in New Orleans this week. This article is part of a series highlighting UAF research from the world’s largest Earth and space science meeting.
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Portrait of children in Kenya, Africa.
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Global community steps up with $93 billion support package to boost resilient recovery in world’s poorest countries

$23.5 billion in donor contributions to IDA, World Bank fund for the poor
World Bank, the
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Documents and publications

Coherence and alignment among sustainable land management, ecosystem-based adaptation, ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and nature-based solutions

This report aims to understand and elaborate upon the characteristics of Sustainable Land Management (SLM), Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) and Nature-based Solutions (NbS).
Traditional houses on stilts in Lau Lagoon, Solomon Islands
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La Niña just raised sea levels in the western Pacific by up to 20cm. This height will be normal by 2050

This current La Niña is raising sea levels by 15-20 centimetres in some western Pacific regions – the same sea level rise projected to occur globally by 2050, regardless of how much we cut global emissions between now and then.
Conversation Media Group, the
A grocery shopper inspects products on a half-empty shelf in Singapore
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How climate change and extreme weather may lead to food shortages and escalating prices

It is worrying that the most pronounced effects tend to be in countries, such as those in sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, that are at high risk of climate impacts on food availability and affordability.
Conversation Media Group, the
People cooling their feet in water in the city.
Research briefs

Concurrent heat waves becoming more frequent

Multiple large heatwaves the size of Mongolia occurred at the same time nearly every day during the warm seasons of the 2010s across the Northern Hemisphere, according to a study led by Washington State University researchers.
Washington State University
A man working on an irrigation canal, in an oasis in the Sahara, Morocco.
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Achieving water security through climate-resilient infrastructure

Blessed with fertile lands, the Saïss Plain in the Fès-Meknès region of Morocco, is one of the country’s most productive agricultural centers.
Green Climate Fund
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Documents and publications

Explaining extreme events from a climate perspective

This BAMS special report presents assessments of how human-caused climate change may have affected the strength and likelihood of individual extreme events.
An unknown man walks on a flooded street following cyclone Nivar in Chennai, India (2020))
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Chennai’s floods: the city has learned nothing from the past – here’s what it can do

Most of Chennai’s problems revolve around inadequate and poorly managed infrastructure, resulting in leaks, blocked drains and over-burdened sewage systems
Conversation Media Group, the
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