Study points to ways of involving visually impaired people in environmental disaster prevention
According to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), almost half the world’s population – about 3.3 billion ...
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Untrained disaster responders are more prone to suicide years after World Trade Center attack
Construction workers, clean-up staff and other untrained nontraditional emergency employees who assisted in recovery efforts at the World Trade Center ...
Likelihood of depression onset increases significantly after community disaster, especially for vulnerable groups, in decade-long study of over 17,000 South Africans
Likelihood of depression onset increases significantly after community disaster, especially for vulnerable groups, in decade-long study of over 17,000 South ...
ETRI developed a radar sensor for finding people at disaster sites
A Korean research team has developed the technology of saving human lives effectively by helping firefighters at indoor disaster sites ...
Study proposes to involve high school students in mapping natural disaster hazards and impact prevention
Several natural disasters have afflicted various parts of Brazil since 2022 began, from deadly flooding and mudslides due to abnormally ...
COVID-19 caused second-largest infection mortality disaster in Switzerland, Sweden, and Spain since 1918
1. COVID-19 caused second-largest infection mortality disaster in Switzerland, Sweden, and Spain since 1918 Abstract: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-3824 URL goes live when ...
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 ...
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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Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections responsible for spreading of COVID-19 less than symptomatic infections
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Congratulations to the 2022 American Ornithological Society (AOS) award winners
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University of Kentucky receives renewed $11.4 million grant to further cancer research
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Harsher COVID-19 restrictions associated with faster “pandemic fatigue”
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Body weight influences the chance of developing Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
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Hertz Foundation announces 2022 Hertz fellows