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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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Climate-change-triggered landslide caused Earth to vibrate for nine days

A landslide in a remote part of Greenland caused a mega-tsunami that sloshed back and forth across a fjord for nine days, generating vibrations throughout Earth, according to a new study involving UCL researchers.
University College London
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Dams built to prevent coastal flooding can worsen it

The common practice of building dams to prevent flooding can actually contribute to more intense coastal flood events, according to a new study.
University of Alaska Fairbanks
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Rolling in the deep: Norfolk street flooding predicted in seconds with machine learning models

Getting around on a rainy day often involves dodging puddles – or sloshing through them. But during downpours, shallow pools can quickly become roadway ponds that cripple transportation, threaten safety and undermine emergency response.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
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Summer storms are stronger and more frequent over urban areas

Summer storms are generally more frequent, intense and concentrated over cities than over rural areas, according to new, detailed observations of eight cities and their surroundings.
American Geophysical Union
Al-Khatam Desert Dubai
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Deserts’ biggest threat? Flooding

A new study suggests that soil erosion is making floods more deadly in desert areas and warns against the rising risks to populous coastal cities throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
University of Southern California
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Extreme weather to strengthen rapidly over next two decades

Nearly three quarters of the global population can expect strong and rapid changes in extreme temperatures and rainfall in the next 20 years unless greenhouse gas emissions are cut dramatically, according to a new study.
University of Reading
Chittagong, Bangladesh, 05 August, 2023 Due to continuous heavy rain, roads in different areas of Chittagong were flooded on Saturday.
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Most cities receive more rainfall than surrounding rural areas, global study shows

In a new study, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin looked for evidence of precipitation anomalies in 1,056 cities across the globe and found that more than 60% of those cities receive more precipitation than their surrounding rural areas.
The University of Texas at Austin
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Most detailed study yet of seismic activity links fault strength to likelihood of large earthquakes

Seismic observations from over 1000 locations have revealed a link between fault strength and earthquake magnitude, and provide a hint to detecting how close a region is to experiencing a large earthquake.
Kyushu University

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