How a Warning Reaches You May Matter as Much as What It Says
A survey of 535 residents in four Ethiopian and South African communities finds that warnings received directly contain far more ...
Tag: disaster risk reduction
Transparent Tsunami Walls Nearly Match Concrete Giants in Japanese Coastal Test
New simulations of tsunami defences in Kesennuma, Japan, show that a transparent, community-informed barrier system can achieve protection within 10 ...
AI Maps Where Nepal’s Floods and Landslides Collide
A new machine learning study maps Nepal nationwide flood and landslide susceptibility and identifies thousands of square kilometres of connected ...
How Mixing Surveys, Maps and Conversations Could Transform Disaster Risk Assessment on Tenerife
Researchers argue that combining models, fieldwork, surveys and interviews on Tenerife offers a blueprint for assessing multi-hazard climate risk at ...
Fuzzy Logic Outperforms AI in New South Africa Landslide Risk Maps
A new GIS-based study in South Africa's Bushveld Igneous Complex found that Fuzzy Logic modelling outperformed both expert-driven AHP and ...
Disasters Collide: Scientists Map a New Path Beyond the Sendai Framework
A sweeping synthesis of a 280-strong Amsterdam conference argues that cascading disasters, AI tools, and fragmented governance must be tackled ...
Reform Without Accountability: Why Inspected Buildings Still Fell in the 2023 Türkiye Earthquake
A new Nature Communications Comment argues that Türkiye's 2018 building inspection reform displaced rather than transferred accountability, helping explain why ...
Hailstorms Now Outrank Floods as the Top Hazard in Northeastern Bangladesh
A new community-based risk assessment in Sylhet finds that hailstorms have overtaken floods and cyclones as the most significant perceived ...
Counting the Cost of Floods in Days: A New Participatory Model Puts Communities at the Center of Loss and Damage Estimates
Researchers have developed an open-source framework that combines participatory asset inventories, satellite-derived flood footprints, and CLIMADA impact modeling to estimate ...
Rethinking Wind Disasters: Why Emergency Managers Overlook Half the Story
A new review argues that disaster managers worldwide focus on visible wind hazards like hurricanes and wildfires while neglecting the ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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