Rain, floods and green infrastructure: Are cities mitigating the hazards equitably?
As cities grow, the area of impervious surfaces they cover grows. In cities across the US, roads, rooftops, parking lots, ...
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Human actions accelerate climate-driven floods and droughts
A study of more than 2,000 streams around North America found that those altered by human activity are at greater ...
Cities boosted rain, sent storms to the suburbs during Europe’s deadly summer floods
When it comes to extreme weather, climate change usually gets all the attention. But according to a study from The ...
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. ...
Mars’ surface shaped by fast and furious floods from overflowing craters
On Earth, river erosion is usually a slow-going process. But on Mars, massive floods from overflowing crater lakes had an outsized role in shaping the Martian surface, carving deep chasms ...
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Climate change reveals unique artefacts in melting ice patches
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Danish astrophysics student discovers link between global warming and locally unstable weather
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Long-duration energy storage beats the challenge of week-long wind-power lulls
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The Cinderella Project: The right to see yourself in the mirror and like what you see
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Simple, inexpensive diagnostic technology to combat global threat of African Swine Fever
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Tiny robotic crab is smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot