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Every week the PreventionWeb team of editors selects the latest news and research, reports and publications on disaster risk reduction – here is their selection of the latest must-read content.

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Research briefs

1 March 2024

Can volcanic super eruptions lead to major cooling? Study suggests no

New research suggests that sunlight-blocking particles from an extreme eruption would not cool surface temperatures on Earth as severely as previously estimated.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Research briefs

12 February 2024

Green roofs can cool cities and save energy: modelling

New research shows rooftop greenery coverage can help cool down a major city while reducing energy demand.

University of New South Wales

Documents and publications

4 March 2024

Climate threats to coastal infrastructure and sustainable development outcomes

Using a high-resolution dataset of 8.2 million households in Bangladesh’s coastal zone, researchers assess the extent to which infrastructure service disruptions induced by disasters can thwart progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

Update

1 March 2024

Kenya’s had unusually hot weather - an expert unpacks what could be causing it

Gilbert Ouma, the coordinator of the University of Nairobi’s Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation, and an associate professor at the Department of Meteorology, answers some key questions about Kenya's unusually hot temperatures.

Conversation Media Group, the

Power transmission towers with orange wires in the starry sky. Power infrastructure concept.

Research briefs

1 March 2024

Hurricanes and power grids: Eliminating large-scale outages with a new approach

Scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK developed a new method that can be used to identify those critical lines and increase the system’s resilience.

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Broken green umbrella lying on the street with hail.

Update

28 February 2024

Climate Pulse, C3S’s new tool to monitor the state of our climate at a glance

C3S has released Climate Pulse, an interactive and intuitive tool displaying key global-average surface air temperature and sea surface temperature data, enabling users to better understand how our climate is changing.

Copernicus Climate Change Service

Research briefs

29 February 2024

Climate change disrupts seasonal flow of rivers

Climate change is disrupting the seasonal flow of rivers in the far northern latitudes of America, Russia and Europe, posing a threat to water security and ecosystems, according to new research.

University of Leeds

Native americans. Portrait of americans indians.

Update

29 February 2024

Mapping sinking land for tribal resilience in Louisiana

The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi Chitimacha Choctaw Tribe has been losing land to the sea, which could hamper efforts to gain federal recognition.

Eos - AGU

Landslide on the way from Hapao village in Banaue province in the Philippines, affecting the road taken by a bus

Research briefs

1 March 2024

Reducing vulnerability and improved land management needed with increasing heavy rainfall in Mindanao Island, southern Philippines

Researchers from several countries collaborated to assess to what extent human-induced climate change altered the likelihood and intensity of the weather conditions at the time of the most impactful floods in Mindanao Island.

World Weather Attribution

Interview

26 Feb 2024

Goma Karki: "DRR is a great space to learn, grow and give back to the community, so come be part of it!"

Goma Karki works as Project Manager for Youth Innovation Lab in Kathmandu, Nepal, leading the Nepali Yuwa in Climate Action and Green Growth (The Youth CAN) project.