Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Powerful paroxysmal eruption at Etna, Aviation Color Code raised to Red, Italy https://watchers.news/2024/08/04/powerful-paroxysmal-eruption-at-etna-aviation-color-code-raised-to-red-italy/
Debby claims at least five lives since landfall in Florida’s Big Bend https://watchers.news/2024/08/06/debby-claims-at-least-five-lives-since-landfall-near-floridas-big-bend/
The “train effect” struck Western Australia, bringing the heaviest August downpour in 48 years https://watchers.news/2024/08/07/the-train-effect-struck-western-australia-bringing-the-heaviest-august-downpour-in-48-years/
Alaska declares state disaster emergency as Mendenhall River floods https://watchers.news/2024/08/07/alaska-declares-state-disaster-emergency-as-mendenhall-river-floods/
Catastrophic floods in Yemen claim over 45 lives, destroy thousands of homes, farms, and properties https://watchers.news/2024/08/08/catastrophic-floods-in-yemen-claim-over-45-lives-destroy-thousands-of-homes-farms-and-properties/
Massive landslide blocks Chilcotin River, triggers evacuations and flood concerns, Canada https://watchers.news/2024/08/08/massive-landslide-blocks-chilcotin-river-triggers-evacuations-and-flood-concerns-canada/
Volcanic activity worldwide 8 Aug 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Ibu, Dukono, Dempo, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/249101/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-8-Aug-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Ibu-Dukono-Dempo-Reventador-.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
‘Astonishing’ Antarctica heat wave sends temperatures 50 degrees above normal https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/03/climate/antarctica-heat-wave-sea-level-rise/index.html
Is indoor summer the new normal? Climate change delivers scorching heat across America https://www.yahoo.com/news/is-indoor-summer-the-new-normal-climate-change-delivers-scorching-heat-across-america-100055349.html
The Hidden Ways Extreme Heat Disrupts Infrastructure https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-extreme-heat-harms-planes-trains-water-mains-and-other-crucial/
The physical science basis of climate change empowering transformations, insights from the IPCC AR6 for a climate research agenda grounded in ethics https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000451
California is harnessing solar power thanks to a big battery boom, providing a glimpse into Australia’s energy future https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-06/what-australia-can-learn-from-californias-big-battery-boom/104137012
On the role of lake level management in modulating climate change impacts on perialpine lakes https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214581824002635
Solar and wind overtake fossil fuels in ‘historic’ first for Europe https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-wind-renewable-energy-fossil-fuel-europe-b2591148.html
‘It made me cry’: photos taken 15 years apart show melting Swiss glaciers https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/06/it-made-me-cry-photos-taken-15-years-apart-show-melting-swiss-glaciers
New Study Reveals Signs of an Ancient Tundra Ecosystem Beneath Greenland’s Thickest Ice https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05082024/ancient-tundra-ecosystem-under-greenland-ice/
Absence of causality between seismic activity and global warming https://esd.copernicus.org/articles/15/1015/2024/esd-15-1015-2024-discussion.html
Increased crossing of thermal stress thresholds of vegetation under global warming https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gcb.17406
Deadly Mediterranean heatwave would not have occurred without human induced climate change https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/deadly-mediterranean-heatwave-would-not-have-occurred-without-human-induced-climate-change/
Removing development incentives in risky areas promotes climate adaptation https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/removing-development-incentives-risky-areas-promotes-climate-adaptation
As World Warms, Global Heat Deaths Are Grossly Undercounted https://e360.yale.edu/features/kristie-ebi-interview
From the Philippines to Mali, countries struggle to count heat deaths https://www.context.news/climate-risks/from-philippines-to-mali-countries-struggle-to-count-heat-deaths
New expert advisory group to support Australian Government protect our health from climate change https://www.health.gov.au/ministers/the-hon-ged-kearney-mp/media/new-expert-advisory-group-to-support-australian-government-protect-our-health-from-climate-change
Paleoclimate data provide constraints on climate models’ large-scale response to past CO2 changes https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01531-3
The contested futures of just transition in Canada’s energy sector https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07078552.2024.2373587
Highest ocean heat in four centuries places Great Barrier Reef in danger https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07672-x
Recent study advances understanding of atmospheric rivers and Arctic climate changes https://www.climate.gov/news-features/feed/recent-study-advances-understanding-atmospheric-rivers-and-arctic-climate
Extreme heat continues throughout July with devastating impacts https://wmo.int/media/news/extreme-heat-continues-throughout-july-devastating-impacts
A fire-use decision model to improve the United States’ wildfire management and support climate change adaptation https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-sustainability/fulltext/S2949-7906(24)00200-3
Disaster risk reduction
Disaster losses and damages tracking https://www.undrr.org/building-risk-knowledge/disaster-losses-and-damages-tracking-system-dldt
Working in synergy for anticipatory action in Latin America and the Caribbean https://www.anticipation-hub.org/news/working-in-synergy-for-anticipatory-action-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean
How Asia’s 5,000-year-old rice terraces are inspiring modern flood control https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240805-how-ancient-rice-terraces-inspire-flood-resilience-in-asian-cities
How to protect people and places from landslides in Switzerland https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/climate-change/how-to-protect-people-and-places-from-landslides-in-switzerland/85470970
South Eastern Mediterranean Excellence Development In FIre Research https://semedfire.eu/
Economic assessment of drought risk management https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/9b122608-5770-44d9-b184-efb906bc741c
Uncover the trends of disaster risk and learn more about country-level capacities to prevent disasters https://www.preventionweb.net/continents-countries/risk-profiles
Researchers revise epicentre of 1918 earthquake thought to have struck at sea near Bundaberg https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-08/1918-earthquake-epicentre-moved-250km-inland-monto/104193366
Emergency Management
Phased Post-disaster Recovery Challenges: 2016-2017 Floods and Landslides in Colombo and Kalutara, Sri Lanka https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924004904
Firefighters practice with firefighting aircraft https://aussiedlerbote.de/en/firefighters-practice-with-firefighting-aircraft/
The 30 July 2024 Wayanad landslides in Kerala, India https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/wayanad-landslides
War-weary Sudanese face new hardships as floods strike https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/07/1152676
How the wildfires disaster changed the way Maui now responds to emergencies https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/08/07/how-wildfires-disaster-changed-way-maui-now-responds-emergencies/
One year after the Maui wildfire catastrophe https://www.pdc.org/maui-wildfire-disaster-one-year-later/
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
Ubiquitous processes strengthening neighbourhood communities: How neighbourhood-related social media can foster the active involvement of citizens and build resilient communities https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/casp.2862
How a ‘Citizen Map’ Is Helping Brazil Prepare for Next Big Flood https://e360.yale.edu/features/southern-brazil-floods-citizen-map
Disaster Resilient Australia-New Zealand School Education Network (DRANZSEN) https://schools.aidr.org.au/disaster-resilience-education/disaster-resilient-australia-new-zealand-school-education-network/
What do you do after the hurricane has passed? https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-news/what-do-you-do-after-the-hurricane-has-passed/T3DM6AYKJUOX3VB45N7OCFWTQM/
Disaster psychology
From Hesitancy to Acceptance: An Interpretative Approach to Unravel the Vaccination Motivation Among the Rural Population https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10410236.2024.2384811
Sociology and disasters
Turning Every Disaster into an Opportunity: An Exploratory Study on Refugees’ Perceived Emergency Management Capacity and Community Resilience https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924004898
A scorching divide: How heatwaves expose inequality https://www.undp.org/blog/scorching-divide-how-heatwaves-expose-inequality
Towards a feminist political ecology of migration in a changing climate https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016718524001374
Legitimacy and place leadership: responding to and recovering from disruption in regional soft spaces https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343404.2024.2380066
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