Research briefs

Nearly 5 billion people suffered from climate-change-driven extreme heat over 9 days in June.

Brazil recognized an additional two Indigenous territories belonging to the Karajá peoples in Mato Grosso. This act alone could possibly be the best investment not just for Indigenous rights, but for securing the future climate stability of the state.

A team at Los Alamos National Laboratory used machine learning — an application of artificial intelligence — to detect the hidden signals that precede an earthquake. This method could be used to assess earthquake hazards across the globe.

Iceland’s ongoing volcanic eruptions may continue on and off for years to decades, threatening the country’s most densely populated region and vital infrastructure, researchers predict from local earthquake and geochemical data.

More than 100,000 oil and gas wells across the western U.S. are in areas burned by wildfires in recent decades, and some 3 million people live next to wells that in the future could be in the path of fires worsened by climate change.

Since the U.S. Drought Monitor was created, its weekly maps of drought conditions nationwide - which help direct emergency federal aid - have captured the steady march toward the drier, hotter reality of climate change, according to a new study.

As global temperatures continue to rise, heat waves are becoming more frequent and severe. Because of this, communicating heat-related risks to the public is increasingly important for both their own protection and to encourage mitigation policies.

A new study showed that cities with complex networks of buried and partially buried infrastructure have increased danger of corrosion and failure of critical systems such as sewer lines, roadways and building foundations.

A new UCS study released today, Looming Deadlines for Coastal Resilience, shows that risks are growing to vital infrastructure and services that millions of people in coastal communities depend on as global sea levels rise in the coming decades.

The past seven years included the six most extreme in the 21-year period. This increase occurred in lockstep with global heating, with 2023 smashing temperature records and also having the most intense fires.