Research briefs

Researchers determined that 44% of the economic damages caused by Hurricane Helene and 45% of those caused by Hurricane Milton could be attributed to climate change.

New research measures access to nature for major global cities (e.g. Melbourne and Sydney), revealing the lack adequate tree canopy cover, which is vital for cooling, mental and physical health, and biodiversity. This calls for stronger government action.

A machine-learning tool developed by Mohamed Almetwally Ahmed and Sam Li provides accurate predictions for flood-prone areas.

A pair of researchers from employed machine learning to more accurately model the boundary layer wind field of tropical cyclones. This provides valuable data that experts can use to determine how severe the storm will be.

A vast network of ocean currents nicknamed the “great global ocean conveyor belt” is slowing down. That’s a problem because this vital system redistributes heat around the world, influencing both temperatures and rainfall.

People pay less for homes in high flood-risk areas but often ignore the risk of rarer, severe floods (e.g.1-in-1,000 years). As climate change intensifies, underestimating low-probability but high-impact floods can lead to significant losses.

A new study provides the most comprehensive projections to date, projecting the future of over 200,000 glaciers - excluding those in Greenland and Antarctica - under the newest climate scenarios.

Hotter days and higher flood risk are prompting people across the South to reconsider where they live.

The scientific debate around the installation of a massive underwater curtain to protect Antarctic ice sheets from melting lacks its vital political perspective.

In a new study published in Science Advances, NOAA and partner researchers project an increase in the variability of Atlantic tropical cyclone activity, leading to more active and inactive hurricane seasons and less near-normal seasons.