Canada faces important choices to confront mounting disaster risks in a changing climate
As the human and economic costs of climate disasters continue to mount, Canada faces a choice. It can continue to ...
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Disaster relief could benefit from neural net combining multiple remote data sources
In an example of the burgeoning field of ‘data fusion’, researchers have developed a neural net technique that bridges optical ...
Southeast Asia needs to boost disaster resilience, as climate change could have severe economic impact, highlights COP26 report by NTU Singapore and University of Glasgow
A group of scientists, led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and University of Glasgow, have presented a range ...
UC professor provides insight on disaster preparedness
With hurricanes, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, the COVID-19 pandemic and more, the world has seen a multitude of natural disasters recently.Credit: ...
Research showing increase in tropical cyclone rainfall could aid disaster planning
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- An Indiana University Bloomington professor's newly published paper on tropical cyclone precipitation extremes provides data on inland ...
New UN tool maps floods since 1985 to street level, will aid disaster planning, especially in Global South
UN University-led experts have debuted a new tool that generates instant, accurate street-level resolution maps of floods worldwide since 1985. ...
After the flood disaster in western Germany: what science must find answers to
On 14 July 2021, between 60 and 180 mm of rain fell in the Eifel region in just 22 hours ...
New research will integrate AI and human intelligence in disaster scene assessment
In the event of a natural disaster like Hurricane Ida, artificial intelligence (AI) may be used to assess damage, using ...
New flood risk prediction tool to MapOut disaster mitigation plans
India reports the second-highest flood damages in the world, with over 1600 people affected by floods annually. Uncontrolled growth, poor ...
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Flat-faced purebred dogs, including Neapolitan mastiffs, English bulldogs and American cocker spaniels, are up to 34 times more likely than other breeds to suffer from cherry eye
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Technique improves AI ability to understand 3D space using 2D images
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Blood markers can predict depression in pregnancy
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4 Pitt faculty members named 2021 American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows
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Plastic snowfall in the Alps
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Stanford scientists find the climate and health impacts of natural gas stoves are greater than previously thought