Ancient Mountain Communities in China Mastered Disaster Survival Over Centuries, New Study Reveals
A new study reconstructs how traditional societies in China's Hengduan Mountains adapted to centuries of natural hazards during the Little ...
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Four decades of drought impacts on Swiss protective forests: a vanishing altitudinal gradient
Four decades of Swiss forest inventory and satellite data reveal that drought is eroding the altitudinal gradient of resilience in ...
Mapping the Hidden Risk: New Study Reveals How Unprotected Coastal Communities in Bangladesh Face Rising Hazards
A new geospatial study maps coastal vulnerability in unprotected communities of Barguna, Bangladesh, revealing that hazard intensity and fragile terrain ...
Explainable AI Reveals Why Volcanic Jeju Island Floods When Rainfall Alone Cannot Explain It
An explainable machine learning study of Jeju Island shows that flood occurrence is governed by region-specific interactions among rainfall, groundwater, ...
Hidden Tsunami Threat: How Earthquakes Could Trigger Deadly Landslides Along Indonesia’s Flores Sea
New research reveals that earthquakes along Indonesia's Flores Sea could trigger devastating coastal landslides that generate non-tectonic tsunamis, adding a ...
Medieval Lake Tsunamis Reveal a Hidden Human-Made Hazard Lurking Beneath Alpine Shores
Two medieval earthquakes triggered catastrophic delta collapses in Italy's Lake Iseo, generating tsunamis up to 50 meters high, and new ...
Compound drought–heatwave events are on the move, and farmland is in their path
A new tracking study shows that compound drought–heatwave events migrate hundreds of kilometers across the globe, with emerging hotspots over ...
Lightning Strokes Mapped as Point Events Reveal the Hidden Rhythm of Severe Thunderstorms
A new study of six UK thunderstorms treats every lightning stroke as a point in time and space, extracting storm ...
Democracy on the Defensive: Global Elections Confront Disinformation, Violence and Extreme Weather in 2025
A new International IDEA and Electoral Integrity Project report finds that elections in 39 countries faced widespread pressures in 2025, ...
Satellite Radar Reveals Rainfall Drives the Speed of Cyprus Landslides
A new InSAR study of southwestern Cyprus shows that active landslides in weak fine-grained rocks move fastest and that rainfall ...
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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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