Mekong Delta will continue to be at risk for severe flooding
The Mekong River Delta is the agricultural heartland of Vietnam; it is affected by droughts and flooding, which have become ...
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Study shows the majority of California’s coastal airports are vulnerable to increased flooding caused by climate change
Credit: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4191058 TAMPA FL, December 5, 2022 – Most of California’s population and its largest airports are located ...
WVU researchers exploring how West Virginians bounce back after disastrous flooding
A team of West Virginia University researchers is studying resiliency in flood-devastated communities with support from the National Science Foundation by delving ...
WVU researchers exploring how West Virginians bounce back after disastrous flooding
A team of West Virginia University researchers is studying resiliency in flood-devastated communities with support from the National Science Foundation by delving ...
Flooding significantly impacts food security, new study finds
New research finds that flooding can affect food security for over 5.6 million people across several African nations. The work ...
Are sponge cities a solution to growing urban flooding problems?
So-called sponge cities use green roofs, rain gardens, wetlands, and other nature-based measures to absorb, retain, and purify excessive stormwater. ...
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health study identifies hundreds of hospitals on Atlantic and gulf coasts at risk of flooding from hurricanes
Boston, MA - The first study to systematically investigate flooding risk to hospitals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts from ...
Newly identified genes may help protect crops against flooding, researchers say
Flooding is a global risk, according to the World Bank, with the lives and property of billions of people threatened. ...
Global warming increases risks of East China flooding
The Western Pacific Subtropical High (WPSH) is an anticyclonic atmospheric system hovering over the middle and lower troposphere of the ...
Assessing the risk of drinking water contamination during flooding
Québec has seen record flooding in recent years. In addition to causing property damage and psychological impacts, flooding can pose ...
Research shows future super cyclones would expose vastly greater numbers of people in most vulnerable parts of the world to extreme flooding
A new study has revealed super cyclones, the most intense form of tropical storm, are likely to have a much ...
New climate modeling predicts increasing occurrences of flash flooding across most of the U.S.
The latest U.N. report on climate change documented researchers’ efforts that have shown some measures of global warming are now ...
African Heritage Sites threatened by coastal flooding and erosion as sea-level rise accelerates
Heritage of Outstanding and Universal Value located along the African coast is at risk from climate change. Credit: Dr Jane ...
First-ever study looks at glacial lakes, dams in Alaska and potential for flooding
Brianna Rick, a doctoral student in the Department of Geosciences at Colorado State University, has been conducting research in Alaska ...
Pioneering research forecasts climate change set to send costs of flooding soaring
Climate change could result in the financial toll of flooding rising by more than a quarter in the United States ...
Indigenous communities face a higher risk of socioeconomic vulnerability due to flooding
Indigenous communities are at higher risk of hardship from climate-change-caused flooding because of pre-existing socioeconomic vulnerability, a new study shows. ...
Deforestation increases risk of flash flooding in fast-growing West African coastal cities
The frequency of thunderstorms in some fast-growing African coastal cities has doubled over the past 30 years, with much of ...
Tracking Inequities and Health Impacts of Flooding
Flooding is the most expensive natural disaster in the United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), ...
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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Seawater split to produce green hydrogen
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Mount Sinai launches phase 1 US trial of NDV-HXP-S, an Egg-based investigational COVID-19 vaccine, in healthy adults previously immunized against COVID-19
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Dogs’ average age at cancer diagnosis is associated with size, sex, breed
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Face masks cut distance airborne pathogens could travel in half, new study finds
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Increase in marine heatwaves expected to affect organisms at bottom of food chain, study suggests