Category: disaster

Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…

Recent emergencies/disasters

Firefighters battle forest fire in North Canterbury https://www.chrislynchmedia.com/news-items/firefighters-battle-forest-fire-in-north-canterbury/

Cyclonic Storm “Asna” forms in the Arabian Sea; Gujarat reports 32 dead, more than 32 000 evacuated https://watchers.news/2024/08/30/cyclonic-storm-asna-forms-in-the-arabian-sea-gujarat-reports-32-dead-more-than-32-000-evacuated/

Floods in Niger claim 217 lives and displace 353 000 https://watchers.news/2024/09/01/floods-in-niger-claim-217-lives-and-displace-353-000/

Strong M6.4 earthquake hits Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea https://watchers.news/2024/09/01/strong-m6-4-earthquake-hits-bougainville-region-papua-new-guinea/

Floods and landslides claim 9 lives in Andhra Pradesh amid record rainfall, India https://watchers.news/2024/09/01/floods-and-landslides-claim-9-lives-in-andhra-pradesh-amid-record-rainfall-india/

Destructive wind storm causes mass power outages in Victoria and Tasmania, Australia https://watchers.news/2024/09/02/destructive-wind-storm-causes-mass-power-outages-in-victoria-and-tasmania-australia/

6 months’ worth of rain hits the Black Sea coast of eastern Romania, causing severe flooding https://watchers.news/2024/09/02/6-months-worth-of-rain-hits-the-black-sea-coast-of-eastern-romania-causing-severe-flooding/

Intense hailstorm hits Mexico City, Mexico https://watchers.news/2024/09/02/intense-hailstorm-hits-mexico-city-mexico/

Tropical Storm “Yagi” (Enteng) strikes Philippines, floods and landslides claim 11 lives https://watchers.news/2024/09/02/tropical-storm-yagi-enteng-strikes-philippines-floods-and-landslides-claim-11-lives/

Yagi intensifies into a super typhoon as it heads toward south China and Vietnam https://watchers.news/2024/09/05/yagi-intensifies-into-a-super-typhoon-as-it-heads-toward-south-china-and-vietnam/

Shallow M6.2 earthquake hits near the coast of New Guinea, PNG https://watchers.news/2024/09/05/shallow-m6-2-earthquake-hits-near-the-coast-of-new-guinea-png/

Violent storms hit southeast France, Marseille endures worst storm in 3 years https://watchers.news/2024/09/05/violent-storms-hit-southeast-france-marseille-endures-worst-storm-in-3-years/

Volcanic activity worldwide 5 Sep 2024: Fuego volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Svartsengi, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/251660/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-5-Sep-2024-Fuego-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Svartsengi-Reventador-White-Is.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

AI analysed 1,500 policies to cut emissions. These ones worked https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02717-7

As ‘Doomsday’ Glacier Melts, Can an Artificial Barrier Save It? https://e360.yale.edu/features/thwaites-glacier-pine-glacier-antarctica-geoengineering

Study in 27 countries: Scientific consensus strengthens pro-climate attitudes in society https://www.uva.nl/shared-content/uva/en/news/press-releases/2024/08/scientific-consensus-can-strengthen-pro-climate-attitudes-in-society.html

A 27-country test of communicating the scientific consensus on climate change https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01928-2

Best-case scenario for climate change is now 1.6°C of warming https://www.newscientist.com/article/2444314-best-case-scenario-for-climate-change-is-now-1-6c-of-warming/

Revising the cost of climate change https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/08/revising-the-cost-of-climate-change/

Coastal mapping holds the key to climate adaptation for the world’s island nations https://climatepromise.undp.org/news-and-stories/coastal-mapping-holds-key-climate-adaptation-worlds-island-nations

Virtual reality offers a glimpse of future climate impacts https://www.preventionweb.net/news/virtual-reality-offers-glimpse-future-climate-impacts

Climate change increased Typhoon Gaemi’s wind speeds and rainfall, with devastating impacts across the western Pacific region https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-increased-typhoon-gaemis-wind-speeds-and-rainfall/

Emissions from Australian coal-fired power stations rise as wind and hydro dip https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/30/emissions-from-coal-fired-power-stations-rise-as-wind-and-hydro-dip

Australia sweats through hottest August on record with temperatures 3C above average https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/sep/02/australia-weather-forecast-august-record-temperatures-bom

“Turning point:” Share of coal in Australia’s main grid falls below 50 pct for first time https://reneweconomy.com.au/turning-point-share-of-coal-in-australias-main-grid-falls-below-50-pct-for-first-time/

Green spaces provide substantial but unequal urban cooling globally https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51355-0

‘It’s time to give up on normal’: what winter’s weird weather means for the warm months ahead https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-give-up-on-normal-what-winters-weird-weather-means-for-the-warm-months-ahead-237857

Improving the Quality of Climate Change Adaptation Planning Through State Mandate: The Case of California https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IHS3PBSI7P8ACKKKH3BF/

Historical and Future Asymmetry of ENSO Teleconnections with Extremes https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/clim/aop/JCLI-D-23-0619.1/JCLI-D-23-0619.1.xml

Mandatory mitigation to meet the methane imperative https://policylabs.frontiersin.org/content/policy-outlook-mitigation-meet-methane-imperative-49kmk

Japan swelters through hottest summer while parts of China log warmest August on record https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/03/japan-weather-august-heat-record-heatwaves-china

African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP per year with climate change, a new report says https://apnews.com/article/africa-climate-change-flooding-droughts-af5beebf70f414098ad2a4a73a19b76c

Can Australia reach net zero by 2050? A new reports shows it must be ‘the new normal’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/05/can-australia-reach-net-zero-by-2050-a-new-reports-shows-it-must-be-the-new-normal

If Australia wants to fast-track 100% renewables, it must learn from Europe’s risky path https://theconversation.com/if-australia-wants-to-fast-track-100-renewables-it-must-learn-from-europes-risky-path-237974

Climate Change Loaded Dice for Brutal Drought in Sicily https://e360.yale.edu/digest/climate-change-sicily-drought

Projections of streamflow intermittence under climate change in European drying river networks https://hess.copernicus.org/preprints/hess-2024-272/

Coastal flooding is getting more common, even on sunny days https://www.npr.org/2024/08/06/nx-s1-5057482/high-tide-floods-get-worse

Disaster risk reduction

Fire intensity effects on serotinous seed survival https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00295-7

The changing characteristics of propagation time from meteorological drought to hydrological drought in a semi-arid river basin in India https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.15266

Researchers use AI to predict major earthquakes months in advance https://watchers.news/2024/09/01/researchers-use-ai-to-predict-major-earthquakes-months-in-advance/

New model to enhance extreme rainfall prediction https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2024/08/extremerainfallprediction/

Operational earthquake forecasting – What is it and how is it done? https://www.preventionweb.net/news/operational-earthquake-forecasting-what-it-and-how-it-done

Weaving equity into infrastructure resilience research: a decadal review and future directions https://www.nature.com/articles/s44304-024-00022-x

Study reveals precursors to the 2021 Fukushima earthquake through multi-parameter analysis https://watchers.news/2024/09/01/study-reveals-precursors-to-the-2021-fukushima-earthquake-through-multi-parameter-analysis/

Brazil wildfires worsened by ‘mega drought,’ extreme heat https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-wildfires-made-worse-by-drought-extreme-heat/a-70088581

The 2022 Drought Shows the Importance of Preparedness in European Drought Risk Management https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024/egusphere-2024-2073/

CI-STR: A capabilities-based interface to model socio-technical systems in disaster resilience assessment https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924005259

Tracing the sources of paleotsunamis using Bayesian frameworks https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01643-w

Hazards with escalation potential: Governing the drivers of global and existential catastrophes https://www.undrr.org/publication/hazards-escalation-potential-governing-drivers-global-and-existential-catastrophes

Factors enabling fire management outcomes in Indigenous Savanna fire management projects in Western Australia https://www.publish.csiro.au/wf/WF24092

Research highlights drought risk and awareness gaps in global society https://phys.org/news/2024-08-highlights-drought-awareness-gaps-global.html

Multi-Hazard Interrelationships and Risk Scenarios in Urban Areas: A Case of Nairobi and Istanbul https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EF004413

Planning for resilience: Understanding the connections between forests, fire, water, and drought https://mavensnotebook.com/2024/09/04/national-park-service-planning-for-resilience-understanding-the-connections-between-forests-fire-water-and-drought/

Operational Earthquake Forecasting – What is it and How is it Done? https://eos.org/editors-vox/operational-earthquake-forecasting-what-is-it-and-how-is-it-done

Australian coastal change dataset updated https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/dea/dea-data-and-products/dea-coastlines

Evaluating Distributed Snow Model Resolution and Meteorology Parameterizations Against Streamflow Observations: Finer Is Not Always Better https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023WR035982

Emergency Management

What’s in store for summer? Australians have been told to ‘prepare for anything’ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/whats-in-store-for-australia-after-europes-sizzling-summer/5fii2k40c

Tonga launched a Weather Radar https://www.sprep.org/news/weather-ready-pacific-saving-lives-in-tonga-with-new-weather-radar

Will You Get the Emergency Alerts You Need? Here’s How to Sign Up in Your County https://www.kqed.org/news/12002545/will-you-get-the-emergency-alerts-you-need-heres-how-to-sign-up-in-your-county

Disaster preparedness must be front and center in the presidential campaign https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/03/opinion-disaster-prep-2024-presidential-campaign/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Visualising extreme heat https://climateoutreach.org/visualising-extreme-heat/

US National Resilience Guidance https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/national-preparedness/plan/resilience-guidance

The girl and the Tsunami https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Kwm7-UMb4

The spillover effects from participatory research: research assistants as an impact pathway for disaster risk reduction? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924005557

Changing the Climate of School-Based Climate Change Education in England https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-64900-4_10

Disaster psychology

The Role of Teachers in Fostering Resilience After a Disaster in Indonesia https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12310-024-09709-y

Sociology and disasters

Post-Disaster Social Connectedness in Parent–Child Dyads: A Qualitative Investigation of Changes in Coping and Social Capital of Rural Australian Families Following Bushfires https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bjsw/bcae123/7725014

A MAP-based approach to identify the social vulnerability to flood hazard in states adjacent to Mexican Gulf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924004795

Adapting to Adversity: Unraveling the nexus between Vulnerability and Well-being in Coastal Bangladesh https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924005600?via%3Dihub

Can the US census keep up with climate-driven displacement? https://grist.org/extreme-weather/can-the-us-census-keep-up-with-climate-driven-displacement/

The great equalizer? Mixed effects of social infrastructure on diverse encounters in cities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0198971524001029

Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…

Recent emergencies/disasters

Wildfire Risk Escalates Across Greece https://www.tovima.com/society/wildfire-risk-escalates-across-greece/

Heavy rains cause severe flooding in southern Egypt https://watchers.news/2024/08/11/heavy-rains-cause-severe-flooding-in-southern-egypt/

EF-3 tornado rips through North Carolina’s Wilson County, claiming one life https://watchers.news/2024/08/11/ef-3-tornado-rips-through-north-carolinas-wilson-county-claiming-one-life/

Thousands evacuated as wildfires reach Athens https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyj80v2wrpo

Algeria battles major forest fires in Kabylia https://apanews.net/algeria-battles-major-forest-fires-in-kabylia/

Violent thunderstorms hit Switzerland https://watchers.news/2024/08/14/violent-thunderstorms-hit-switzerland/

Volcanic activity worldwide 15 Aug 2024: Etna volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/249756/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-15-Aug-2024-Etna-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Reventador.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Our plan to empower Australian communities and cut climate pollution by 75 percent this decade https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/seize-the-decade/

Alaska Felt Safe From Global Warming. Then the Glacier Melted https://slate.com/technology/2024/08/alaska-flood-i-left-californias-fires-now-a-glacier-is-coming-for-my-town.html

Heat risk isn’t just about the highs: Large daily temperature swings can harm human health – maps show who is affected most https://theconversation.com/heat-risk-isnt-just-about-the-highs-large-daily-temperature-swings-can-harm-human-health-maps-show-who-is-affected-most-235085

Climate change drives disaster risk https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/risk-drivers/climate-change

Unveiling community adaptations to extreme heat events using mobile phone location data https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479724016517

Should we change the term we use for “climate change”? Evidence from a national U.S. terminology experiment https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-024-03786-3

Heat caused over 47,000 deaths in Europe in 2023, the second highest burden of the last decade https://www.isglobal.org/en/-/el-calor-causo-47.000-muertes-en-europa-en-2023

Here are 5 ways that climate change is affecting sports around the world https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/08/climate-change-sports-impact/

A Conceptual Framework and Research Design for Assessing Losses and Damages from Climate Change in Vulnerable Communities https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-8055-0_5

New report a code red on health effects of fossil fuels https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8729158/new-report-a-code-red-on-health-effects-of-fossil-fuels/

What is the hottest temperature humans can survive? These labs are redefining the limit https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02422-5

Wildfires in 2023 caused massive CO2 emissions, compounding climate change https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20240814-wildfires-in-2023-caused-massive-co2-emissions-compounding-climate-change

The oceans are weirdly hot. Scientists are trying to figure out why https://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=nx-s1-5051849

Latest global sea level rise measurement https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/

US workers launch Heat Week to fight for ‘the right to water, shade and rest’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/13/workers-protections-heat-week

China added more solar power last year than America has, period https://qz.com/china-solar-capacity-us-tariffs-1851622200

How does today’s extreme heat compare with Earth’s past climate? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/14/how-does-today-extreme-heat-compare-with-earth-past-climate

Half a billion children live in areas with twice as many very hot days as in 1960s https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/14/half-a-billion-children-live-in-areas-with-twice-as-many-very-hot-days-as-in-1960s

Disaster risk reduction

A Robust Quantitative Method to Distinguish Runoff-Generated Debris Flows From Floods https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL109768

Assessing the efficacy of hydro-ecological based wetland management approach for flood resilience of a large river catchment https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169424011570

Hurricane season in Florida reminds us all to build a better house https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2024/08/08/florida-home-construction-building-codes-hurricanes-sea-level-rise-climate-resilience/

U.S. Earthquake Early Warning System Gets a Major Upgrade https://eos.org/articles/u-s-earthquake-early-warning-system-gets-a-major-upgrade

Fatal landslides to the end of July 2024 https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/fatal-landslides-july-2024

Ethiopia’s deadly landslides are caused by both nature and man – a geophysicist explains https://theconversation.com/ethiopias-deadly-landslides-are-caused-by-both-nature-and-man-a-geophysicist-explains-236251

Floods across the eastern United States are projected to last longer https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/floods-across-eastern-united-states-are-projected-last-longer

Assessment and Mitigation of the Fire Vulnerability and Risk in the Historic City Centre of Aveiro, Portugal https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/5/5/173

The Canadian Fire Spread Dataset https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-024-03436-4#Abs1

Creating a Digital Twin for more accurate flood prediction and flood risk management https://www.hull.ac.uk/research/institutes/eei/harnessing-the-power-of-two

Hurricanes are inevitable, but disasters are not https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/hurricanes-are-inevitable-but-disasters-are-not-6.2.2073132.726fad0f4c

Indigenous Fire Data Sovereignty: Applying Indigenous Data Sovereignty Principles to Fire Research https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/7/7/222

Deep Learning–Based Denoising Improves Receiver Function Imaging Using Dense Short‐Period Teleseismic Data https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/article-abstract/doi/10.1785/0220240017/645268/Deep-Learning-Based-Denoising-Improves-Receiver

Comprehensive Disaster and Climate Risk Management (CRM) https://www.undrr.org/climate-action-and-disaster-risk-reduction/comprehensive-disaster-and-climate-risk-management

State of Wildfires 2023-24: CAMS data supports assessment https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/state-wildfires-2023-24-cams-data-supports-assessment

How can Europe reduce the wildfire risk? https://www.eurotopics.net/en/324714/how-can-europe-reduce-the-wildfire-risk

Emergency Management

Managing a Wildfire Is an Intricate Game of Chess — and Mutual Aid Is Crucial https://www.kqed.org/news/11999549/managing-a-wildfire-is-an-intricate-game-of-chess-and-mutual-aid-is-crucial

Japan urges public not to hoard disaster kits amid megaquake fear https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/08/6c557b52f68c-japan-urges-public-not-to-hoard-disaster-kits-amid-megaquake-fear.html

A resilient disaster recovery model for Puerto Rico: a qualitative case study https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17477891.2024.2390426#abstract

Europe’s firefighters called to help battle Greek blaze as one person reported dead https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-13/wildfire-in-greece-enters-athens-and-kills-woman/104220962

Blaze blowback: 7 surprising spillovers from wildfire https://www.preventionweb.net/news/blaze-blowback-7-surprising-spillovers-wildfire

A year after Lahaina’s fire, residents want to rebuild. But what about rising seas? https://www.npr.org/2024/08/05/nx-s1-5055855/lahaina-maui-wildfire-rebuild-sea-level-anniversary

Planning for the disasters of tomorrow https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2024/august/disaster-research-center-graduate-workshop-planning/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

A flash flood is a flood of short duration with a relatively high peak discharge in which the time interval between the observable causative event and the flood is less than four to six hours  https://www.preventionweb.net/knowledge-base/hazards/flood

Scientists welcome Indigenous Knowledge focus in National Priorities https://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/scientists-welcome-indigenous-knowledge-focus-in-national-priorities/

Triple zero kids’ challenge https://kids.triplezero.gov.au/

Disaster psychology

How the strength of social relationship affects pedestrian evacuation behavior: A multi-participant fire evacuation experiment in a virtual metro station https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0968090X24003267

World Risk Poll indicates South-East Asians feel more prepared than most to face disaster https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-15/disaster-preparedness-south-east-asia/104220622

World Risk Poll Resilience Index https://wrp.lrfoundation.org.uk/world-risk-poll-data/world-risk-poll-resilience-index

Sociology and disasters

Vulnerable developing countries disproportionately bear the brunt of losses from disasters, slowing – or even reversing – progress towards attaining the SDGs https://www.undrr.org/disaster-risk-and-2030-agenda-sustainable-development#sdg-10

Evidence-based social science: why, what, and future implications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-024-03535-y

‘Definitions are often very western. This excludes us.’ Our research shows how to boost Indigenous participation in STEM https://theconversation.com/definitions-are-often-very-western-this-excludes-us-our-research-shows-how-to-boost-indigenous-participation-in-stem-223465

How AI is advancing socioeconomic insights into disaster displacement https://www.internal-displacement.org/expert-analysis/how-ai-is-advancing-socioeconomic-insights-into-disaster-displacement/

Trust but verify: Validating new measures for mapping social infrastructure in cities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S221209552200205X

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