Critical infrastructure

The physical structures, facilities, networks and other assets which provide services that are essential to the social and economic functioning of a community or society.

Latest Critical infrastructure additions in the Knowledge Base

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Documents and publications

The report reveals how U.S. corporate utilities fuel climate chaos and inequality through fossil fuel expansion, shutoffs during extreme heat, and opposition to renewables, worsening risks like heatwaves and wildfires across multiple states.

Center for Biological Diversity
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Documents and publications

This study proposes a comprehensive flood management-level evaluation method focusing on the relationship between the complex spatial structure of subway stations and flood risk.

Water (MDPI)
The Thames flood barrier that protects the floodplains of Greater London
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How adaptive planning approaches are being used to prepare the Thames Estuary for rising sea levels and changing river flows.

United Kingdom - government
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As climate change increases the threat of extreme weather, manufacturers must have the proper infrastructure and insurance policies to protect employees and facilities against the risk of flooding.

Industry Dive
An older man with a glucose monitor
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Insulin pumps and glucose monitors often rely on having a source of electricity, making planning essential.

Yale Climate Connections
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The devastation in Myanmar is related to the tectonic story of this region. Kashmir is part of this convergence belt, which is why it is directly connected to this devastation and must learn from it.

Kashmir Observer
Submarine telecommunication cable
Research briefs

Hydroacoustic signals captured by the world's international nuclear monitoring system suggest an underwater landslide may have broken communications cables and disrupted internet traffic in west African countries for several weeks in March 2024.

Seismological Society of America
Aerial photograph of the damage provoked by the flooding in Derna, Libya (2023)
Research briefs

A new study reveals that the devastating 2023 flood in Derna, Libya, was not merely the result of extreme rainfall but was drastically intensified by a major design shortcoming and its resulting collapse of two embankment dams.

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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