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6 May 2015

World's biggest hurricane simulator aims to improve forecasts

The world's largest hurricane simulator is now complete and experts hope it will improve forecasters' ability to predict how strong a storm will get, which has been a key weak spot for science until now, reports PhysOrg. According to the article, researchers also hope to use SUSTAIN — which is six times larger than any wind-water hurricane simulator ever built—to explore how storms will damage homes and buildings along the coast...

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23 January 2015

Increasing coastal resilience to storms and flooding

EU researchers are developing an online tool kit to help different coastal regions predict – and prepare for – floods and storms. In the framework of the FP7-funded RISC-KIT project new shorter versions of a RISC-KIT policy brief have been made available in Bulgarian, French, Spanish, Swedish, Dutch and German, in addition to English...

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25 October 2013

Climate change studies analyse risks and resilience in urban Vietnam

Three reports published today provide policymakers with concrete proposals to reduce the diverse threats that climate change poses to different communities in urban areas of Vietnam, reports PhysOrg. 'The studies recommend ways policymakers and others can act to increase people's resilience as temperatures rise and extreme weather poses more threats to their health, livelihoods and housing', says Diane Archer, a researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development who coordinates ACCCRN research projects....