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This theme adresses how science and technology can contribute to DRR, including approaches and initiatives to bring scientific and technical knowledge into practice and policy, approaches for multidisciplinary engagement, good practice in scientific and technical aspects of DRR, and citizen science.

Latest Science & technology additions in the Knowledge Base

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New NOAA climate action plan emphasizes needs of underserved communities

Action Plan, NOAA Administrative Order, new Climate-Ready Nation team to advance adaptation, resilience efforts.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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How geoengineering technologies can combat heatwave impacts

Marine cloud brightening is not a "silver bullet" for climate change. However, in a world where every bit helps, exploring innovative solutions like cloud brightening offers a glimmer of hope and a potential tool in our climate action toolkit.
Climate Adaptation Platform
Chittagong, Bangladesh, 05 August, 2023 Due to continuous heavy rain, roads in different areas of Chittagong were flooded on Saturday.
Research briefs

Alerting communities to hyperlocalized urban flooding

A high-accuracy, low-cost sensor network may change the way urban floods are detected and monitored.
Eos - AGU
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Seismic waves used to track LA’s groundwater recharge after record wet winter

Record-setting storms in 2023 filled California’s major reservoirs to the brim, providing some relief in a decades-long drought, but how much of that record rain trickled underground?
Seismological Society of America
Nepal - Badil Lama is an engineer trained in landslide mitigation by building safer roads
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How bioengineering saved a Himalayan road from floods

Bioengineering techniques were used to stabilize exposed slopes in Himachal Pradesh as part of a flagship government to provide reliable all-weather connectivity.
Dialogue Earth
AI for DRR
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An AI dataset carves new paths to tornado detection

TorNet, a public artificial intelligence dataset, could help models reveal when and why tornadoes form, improving forecasters' ability to issue warnings.
MIT Press, the
sunset at a drought stricken and arid landscape with shrubs
Research briefs

When extreme drought becomes commonplace

As drought becomes a more regular occurrence, a new study looks at the U.S. Drought Monitor, the nation’s preeminent drought classifier, to see how it has reflected climate change since 2000.
Eos - AGU
Landslide-affected road
Research briefs

Researchers introduce new way to study, help prevent landslides

By introducing a new paradigm for studying landslide shapes and failure types, a global team of researchers has provided help for those who work to predict landslides and risk evaluations.
Rochester Institute of Technology
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