Research briefs

Keep up to date with the latest research on disaster risk and resilience on the PreventionWeb knowledge base.

Explore cutting-edge research on disaster risk reduction and resilience through PreventionWeb's dedicated research briefs section. Our platform curates and highlights the most recent academic studies, providing valuable insights into disaster risk management. Each research brief distills key findings from peer-reviewed journals and academic publications.

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These briefs are designed to keep you informed about the latest scientific advances. Links to the full publications are always included, ensuring easy access to in-depth knowledge. Please note that this section exclusively features academic research, distinct from reports by international organizations or Non-Governmental Organisations.

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Sea-level rise maps can decrease risk perceptions in coastal communities

A new study finds that providing risk-exposed coastal residents with maps of projected sea-level rise was found to reduce individual concern. By contrast, emphasizing infrastructure disruptions increased concern among all coastal residents.
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
People carrying umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun and heat in the USA.
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Trees cool better than reflective roofs in vulnerable Houston neighborhoods

Researchers discovered that trees, rather than roof treatments, provided the best relief from the heat in the most vulnerable areas of Houston.
The University of Texas at Austin
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10 years of rapidly disentangling drivers of extreme weather disasters

The World Weather Attribution (WWA) initiative was founded in 2014 aiming to study where climate change played a key role and where other factors were the main drivers of the events.
World Weather Attribution
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Climate change leads to more alpine hazards

From rockfall to ice avalanches, climate change is altering natural hazards in the Alps.
Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
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Study reveals acceleration in Pacific upper-ocean circulation over past 30 years, impacting global weather patterns

The acceleration is primarily driven by intensified atmospheric winds, leading to increased oceanic currents that are both stronger and shallower, with potential impacts on regional and global climate patterns, including El Niño and La Niña events.
University of Miami
Bushfire, Australia
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Ancient mud reveals Australia’s burning history over the past 130,000 years – and shows a way through our fiery future

Deep-time research shows how important Indigenous cultural practices were for reducing dangerous high-intensity fires. It also suggests a way forward in Autralia's current fire crisis, which climate change is making worse.
Conversation Media Group, the
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State of the Climate 2024: Australia is enduring harsher fire seasons, more ocean heatwaves and sea-level rise

Climate change is causing more extreme fire weather in Australia, rising sea levels, more intense and frequent marine heatwaves, and more acidic oceans. Serious consequences await Australia's environment and communities.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Record-breaking Saharan dust events hit Spain between 2020 and 2022, confirms CSIC study

Researchers developed a new data reconstruction methodology because air quality monitors were unable to measure the extremely high dust concentrations.
EurekAlert

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