Category: earthquake

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Magnitude 3.1 earthquake strikes Appin region on the outskirts of Sydney’s south-west https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-18/magnitude-3-1-earthquake-hits-appin-region-north-of-douglas-park/102493976

Major magnitude 6.4 earthquake – 120 km east of San José del Cabo, Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico, on Sunday, Jun 18, 2023 https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/7688818/2023-06-18/20h30/magnitude6-Mexico.html

Hundreds of buildings ‘uninhabitable’ after France hit by earthquake https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/hundreds-of-buildings-uninhabitable-after-france-hit-by-earthquake/ar-AA1cGERd

Estonian rescue workers tackle 37 landscape and forest fires at weekend https://news.err.ee/1609011332/estonian-rescue-workers-tackle-37-landscape-and-forest-fires-at-weekend

Nepal – 5 Dead, 29 Feared Missing After Floods and Landslides in Koshi Province https://floodlist.com/asia/nepal-floods-koshi-province-june-2023

Brazil – 11 Dead, Thousands Displaced After Floods and Landslides in Rio Grande Do Sul https://floodlist.com/america/brazil-floods-rio-grande-do-sul-june-2023

What we’re watching: Weekly disaster update, June 20 https://disasterphilanthropy.org/blog/what-were-watching-weekly-disaster-update-june-20-2/

Volcanic activity worldwide 22 Jun 2023: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Reventador, Mayon https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/214228/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-22-Jun-2023-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Reventador-Mayon-Ne.html

Hailstorm injures almost 100 at Louis Tomlinson concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado https://watchers.news/2023/06/22/hailstorm-injures-almost-100-at-louis-tomlinson-concert-at-red-rocks-amphitheater-in-colorado/

India – Over 100,000 Hit by Floods in 20 Districts of Assam https://floodlist.com/asia/india-floods-assam-june-2023

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Sea Level Rise – Map Viewer https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/dataset/sea-level-rise-map-viewer

Summer Heat Waves Could Cause Blackouts Across the Country https://eos.org/articles/summer-heat-waves-could-cause-blackouts-across-the-country

State of the Global Climate in 2022 https://public.wmo.int/en/our-mandate/climate/wmo-statement-state-of-global-climate

Sea Level Through a Porthole https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5114

WMO, C3S release sombre findings in joint State of the Climate in Europe 2022 report https://climate.copernicus.eu/wmo-c3s-release-sombre-findings-joint-state-climate-europe-2022-report

The Fastest-Warming Continent, Europe Has Already Heated by More Than 2 Degrees C https://e360.yale.edu/digest/europe-fastest-warming-continent-climate-change

States Greatly Underestimate Extreme Heat Hazards: Study https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/states-greatly-underestimate-extreme-heat-hazards-study/

Protecting the Ozone Layer Is Delaying Arctic Melting https://eos.org/articles/protecting-the-ozone-layer-is-delaying-arctic-melting

Communicating future sea-level rise uncertainty and ambiguity to assessment users https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01691-8

Antarctica’s sea ice growth is at record lows. But it’s more complicated than just climate change https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/antarctic-ice-melting-record-climate/

Is climate change outpacing our ability to predict extreme heatwaves? https://theconversation.com/is-climate-change-outpacing-our-ability-to-predict-extreme-heatwaves-207925

Texas steam bath continues with record-breaking heat https://www.axios.com/2023/06/21/texas-heat-wave-continues-records

Underestimated climate risks from population ageing https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-023-00398-z

El Niño May Break a Record and Reshape Weather around the Globe https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/el-nino-may-break-a-record-and-reshape-weather-around-the-globe/

Saving lives from extreme heat: Lessons from the deadly 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave https://theconversation.com/saving-lives-from-extreme-heat-lessons-from-the-deadly-2021-pacific-northwest-heat-wave-206737

MONASH Simple Climate Model https://www.climate.gov/teaching/resources/monash-simple-climate-model-35756

A brief introduction to climate change and torrential rainstorms https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/06/a-brief-introduction-to-climate-change-and-torrential-rainstorms/

Himalayan glaciers on track to lose up to 75% of ice by 2100, report says https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/himalayan-glaciers-track-lose-up-75-ice-by-2100-report-2023-06-20/

Aircon wide adoption to fight the heat in India and Europe, a risk for a dramatic rise in emissions https://www.cmcc.it/article/aircon-wide-adoption-to-fight-the-heat-in-india-and-europe-a-risk-for-a-dramatic-rise-in-emissions

Disaster risk reduction

We need a new approach to wildfires https://dailymontanan.com/2023/06/18/we-need-a-new-approach-to-wildfires/

Continental plates more unstable than previously thought https://watchers.news/2023/06/18/continental-plates-more-unstable-than-previously-thought/

When homes flood, who retreats and to where? We mapped thousands of FEMA buyouts and found distance and race play a role https://theconversation.com/when-homes-flood-who-retreats-and-to-where-we-mapped-thousands-of-fema-buyouts-and-found-distance-and-race-play-a-role-206590

How controlled burns could limit megafires in California, Oregon, and Washington https://phys.org/news/2023-06-limit-megafires-california-oregon-washington.html

Can Canada Contain Conflagration? https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/185853

Excess Parking Produces Land Loss, Flood Woes, Heat Islands for Cities https://www.theenergymix.com/2023/06/18/excess-parking-produces-land-loss-flood-woes-heat-islands-for-cities/

Common threads: what we can learn from analyzing multiple disasters https://floodresilience.net/blogs/what-we-can-learn-from-analyzing-disasters/

Irrigation in the Earth system https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-023-00438-5

Dust in the Wind: Forecasting Storms with AI https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/environment/dust-wind-forecasting-storms-ai

Data and digital maturity for disaster risk reduction: Informing the next generation of disaster loss and damage databases https://www.undrr.org/publication/data-and-digital-maturity-disaster-risk-reduction-informing-next-generation-disaster

Paving the way for private-sector engagement on MHEWS https://www.undrr.org/news/paving-way-private-sector-engagement-mhews

Next-Generation Fire And Vegetation Modeling For A Hot And Dry Future https://fas.org/publication/next-generation-fire-and-vegetation-modeling-for-a-hot-and-dry-future/

FluViSat https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/fluvisat-details

Thousands of Americans are leaving homes in flood-risk areas. But where are they moving to?https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/21/us/fema-home-buyouts-flood-risk-climate

Insurers Flee California As Catastrophic Wildfires Become The Norm https://www.npr.org/2023/06/21/1183476500/insurers-flee-california-as-catastrophic-wildfires-become-the-norm

Flood risk rising despite below-average monsoonhttps://www.icimod.org/flood-risk-rising-despite-below-average-monsoon/

Before the colonists came, we burned small and burned often to avoid big fires. It’s time to relearn cultural burning https://theconversation.com/before-the-colonists-came-we-burned-small-and-burned-often-to-avoid-big-fires-its-time-to-relearn-cultural-burning-201475

Emergency management

Autonomy Is Key for Fast Aerial Firefighting Response https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2023-06-17/autonomy-key-fast-aerial-firefighting-response

Wildfire smoke puts heat on hospital admissions https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-023-00099-4

Fire-prone Australia relies on mostly unpaid, local brigades to defend against disaster. Canada could look to them for lessons as climate change heats up https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canada-australia-wildfire-response/

Reducing the vulnerability of tourists to tsunami: challenges for decision-makers https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-023-06045-3

Equipment and reconnaissance: How Europe is arming itself against forest fires https://www.indonewyork.com/breaking/equipment-and-reconnaissance-how-europe-is-arming-itself-against-forest-h89678.html

Colombian City Pioneers Path to “Early Warnings for All” https://eos.org/articles/colombian-city-pioneers-path-to-early-warnings-for-all

Disaster education, communications and engagement

Early years education teachers’ perceptions of nature of science https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09500693.2023.2168139

Americans’ confidence in science dropped in 2022: survey https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4055026-americans-confidence-in-science-dropped-in-2022-poll/

#NoNaturalDisasters in the workplace: Improving how we talk about disasters at work https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/nonaturaldisasters-workplace-improving-how-we-talk-about-disasters-work

Here’s how you can help protect your property from wildfire, say safety experts https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/how-to-protect-your-property-from-wildfire-1.6874413

Apple earthquake survival kit https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102689005

Open for Business™ program for small business owners. This program not only reduces potential disaster loses but also assists businesses to reopen quickly should disaster strike https://www.iclr.org/small-business/

Disaster psychology

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 90 cohort studies of social isolation, loneliness and mortality https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01617-6

Sociology and disasters

Riverhood: political ecologies of socionature commoning and translocal struggles for water justice https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03066150.2022.2120810

Can group-based strategies increase community resilience? Longitudinal predictors of sustained participation in Covid-19 mutual aid and community support groups https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jasp.12995

Displacement: integrating social and experience- and perception-related aspects in risk assessment https://www.cimafoundation.org/en/news/displacement-integrating-social-and-experience-and-perception-related-aspects-in-risk-assessment/

How inequality shapes your experience of a heatwave https://theconversation.com/how-inequality-shapes-your-experience-of-a-heatwave-207774

Influence of personal and collective social capital on flood preparedness and community resilience: Evidence from Old Fadama, Ghana https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420923002704

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Extreme heat sweeps across Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East https://watchers.news/2023/06/12/extreme-heat-sweeps-across-sub-saharan-africa-and-the-middle-east/

Wildfires push air quality in East Coast cities almost off the charts https://thebulletin.org/2023/06/wildfires-push-air-quality-in-east-coast-cities-almost-off-the-charts/

Cuba – Severe Flooding Hits Eastern Provinces After 360mm of Rain in 24 Hours https://floodlist.com/america/cuba-floods-june-2023

Ivory Coast – Deadly Floods and Landslides in Abidjan https://floodlist.com/africa/ivory-coast-abidjan-landslide-june-2023

Pakistan – Flash Floods and Strong Winds Leave Over 20 Dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa https://floodlist.com/asia/pakistan-floods-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-june-2023

What we’re watching: Weekly disaster update, June 12 https://disasterphilanthropy.org/blog/what-were-watching-weekly-disaster-update-june-12/

Severe drought: western Mediterranean faces low river flows and crop yields earlier than ever https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-updates/severe-drought-western-mediterranean-faces-low-river-flows-and-crop-yields-earlier-ever-2023-06-13_en

Severe flooding in Yemen impacted over 165 000 people, exacerbating the displacement crisis https://watchers.news/2023/06/13/severe-flooding-in-yemen-impacted-over-165-000-people-exacerbating-the-displacement-crisis/

Severe hailstorms, flash floods hit Boulder, Colorado https://watchers.news/2023/06/13/severe-hailstorms-flash-floods-hit-boulder-colorado/

Deadly forest fires engulf Kazakhstan’s Abai region, questions raised over infrastructure and funding mismanagement https://watchers.news/2023/06/13/deadly-forest-fires-engulf-kazakhstans-abai-region-questions-raised-over-infrastructure-and-funding-mismanagement/

Destructive floods cause major disruption across Cape Town, South Africa https://watchers.news/2023/06/14/destructive-floods-cause-major-disruption-across-cape-town-south-africa/

Volcanic activity worldwide 15 Jun 2023: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Shiveluch https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/213681/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-15-Jun-2023-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Shiveluch-Kilau.html

Very strong M7.2 earthquake hits south of the Fiji islands https://watchers.news/2023/06/15/very-strong-m7-2-earthquake-hits-south-of-the-fiji-islands/

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Here comes El Nino: It’s early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world https://apnews.com/article/el-nino-climate-global-warming-world-weather-6eb70f36ce098d931cfcdb82590c4066

CHELSA-W5E5: daily 1 km meteorological forcing data for climate impact studies https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/2445/2023/

A Little Arctic Town’s Big Transition https://www.cnbc.com/advertorial/a-little-arctic-towns-big-transition/

An El Niño looms over Australia’s stressed electricity system – and we must plan for the worst https://theconversation.com/an-el-nino-looms-over-australias-stressed-electricity-system-and-we-must-plan-for-the-worst-207210

Bangladesh tea workers struggle as heat and drought scorch fields https://www.context.news/climate-risks/bangladesh-tea-workers-struggle-as-heat-and-drought-scorch-fields

North Atlantic Ocean has reached record-high surface temperatures https://www.newscientist.com/article/2378026-north-atlantic-ocean-has-reached-record-high-surface-temperatures/

Anthropogenic climate change impacts exacerbate summer forest fires in California https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2213815120

Access a range of climate-related reports issued by government agencies and scientific organizations https://toolkit.climate.gov/reports

Torres Strait Islander elders call on government to improve conditions in landmark climate case https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-09/federal-court-hears-evidence-boigu-torres-strait-climate-case/102455250

El Niño is back – that’s good news or bad news, depending on where you live https://theconversation.com/el-nino-is-back-thats-good-news-or-bad-news-depending-on-where-you-live-205974

Spike in ocean heat stuns scientists: Have we breached a climate tipping point? https://www.wfla.com/weather/climate-classroom/spike-in-ocean-heat-stuns-scientists-have-we-breached-a-climate-tipping-point/

Rapid Decadal Acceleration of Sea Level Rise along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts during 2010–22 and Its Impact on Hurricane-Induced Storm Surge https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/clim/36/13/JCLI-D-22-0670.1.xml

Is the world making real progress towards net zero emissions? https://www.context.news/net-zero/is-the-world-making-real-progress-towards-net-zero-emissions

As Wildfires Grow, So Could Methane Emissions https://eos.org/articles/as-wildfires-grow-so-could-methane-emissions

A Year After the Deadly Pakistan Floods Began, Hard Lessons About Climate Loss and Damage https://blog.ucsusa.org/rachel-cleetus/a-year-after-the-deadly-pakistan-floods-began-hard-lessons-about-climate-loss-and-damage/

Heat wave pushes temperatures up to 45 C in parts of Mexico https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/heat-wave-pushes-temperatures-up-to-45-c-in-mexico/

May 2023 was the world’s third-warmest May on record https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/06/may-2023-was-the-worlds-third-warmest-may-on-record/

Germany draws up plan to prevent heatwave deaths https://www.dw.com/en/germany-draws-up-plan-to-prevent-heatwave-deaths/a-65904829

Fears of hottest year on record as global temperatures spike https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/15/record-temperatures-global-heating

What Happens If… We Actually Exceed 1.5°C In Global Warming? https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/what-happens-if-we-exceed-15c-in-global-warming_uk_6489ab02e4b025003ee147c8

Extreme Heat Is Deadlier Than Hurricanes, Floods and Tornadoes Combined https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/extreme-heat-is-deadlier-than-hurricanes-floods-and-tornadoes-combined/

Mexico grapples with a third heat wave of the season, six fatalities reported https://watchers.news/2023/06/15/mexico-grapples-with-a-third-heat-wave-of-the-season-six-fatalities-reported/

Summer Heat Waves Could Cause Blackouts Across the Country https://eos.org/articles/summer-heat-waves-could-cause-blackouts-across-the-country

Disaster risk reduction

World’s largest earthquake early warning system announced in China https://watchers.news/2023/06/12/worlds-largest-earthquake-early-warning-system-announced-in-china/

Forecasting Earthquake-Induced Floods https://eos.org/articles/forecasting-earthquake-induced-floods

Machine learning for hydrologic sciences: An introductory overview https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wat2.1533

Why are the Canadian wildfires so bad this year? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01902-4

In the field with Eike Behre: reducing flood risk through ecosystem-based adaptation https://ehs.unu.edu/news/news/in-the-field-with-eike-behre-reducing-flood-risk-through-ecosystem-based-adaptation.html

Experiment in Brazil identifies flood-prone areas of cities https://phys.org/news/2023-06-brazil-flood-prone-areas-cities.html

Demonstrating the value of beaches for adaptation to future coastal flood risk https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39168-z

The power of AI in wildfire prediction and prevention https://www.weforum.org/impact/artificial-intelligence-wildfire-prediction-and-prevention/

Sentinels from above: how drones are helping The Gambia cope with a rising flood risk https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/sentinels-above-how-drones-are-helping-gambia-cope-rising-flood-risk

The interannual evolution of coastlines on a global scale is dominated by El Niño https://en.ird.fr/impact-el-nino-variability-global-shoreline-position

Western Australia’s controversial forest burning regime comes under the microscope https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-14/western-australia-prescribed-burning-environment-report-730/102446748

Rate-induced tipping in natural and human systems https://esd.copernicus.org/articles/14/669/2023/

Suriname is taking new initiatives to further its commitment to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, implementing the Paris Agreement, and reducing disaster risks https://www.pdc.org/suriname-nccr-ndpba-kick-off

Best practices on flood and drought risk management https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/best-practices-flood-and-drought-risk-management

Predict landslides with the weather https://thesaxon.org/predict-landslides-with-the-weather/

Applied Geodata Science https://geco-bern.github.io/agds/

Seismic monitoring lasers may be the future for protecting global communications cables https://phys.org/news/2023-06-seismic-lasers-future-global-communications.html

Automatized spatio-temporal detection of drought impacts from newspaper articles using natural language processing and machine learning https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094723000270

How controlled burns could limit megafires in California, Oregon, and Washington https://phys.org/news/2023-06-limit-megafires-california-oregon-washington.html

5 Considerations for adapting to rising flood risks in urban regions https://ehs.unu.edu/news/news/5-considerations-for-adaptation-to-rising-flood-risks-in-urban-regions.html

How protected is London from flooding? https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2023/06/how-protected-is-london-from-flooding/

Emergency management

Poor Air Quality Isn’t the Only Way Wildfires Affect Cities https://www.wri.org/insights/effects-wildfires-cities

Is Canada ready for a fiery future? We tallied up all of its water bomber planes to find out https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/canada-aging-water-bomber-fleet-1.6873561

Canada urgently needs a FEMA-like emergency management agency https://theconversation.com/canada-urgently-needs-a-fema-like-emergency-management-agency-207400

Cyclone Freddy puts Mozambique’s early warning system to the test https://www.undrr.org/feature/cyclone-freddy-puts-mozambique-s-early-warning-system-to-the-test

When climate disasters strike, how can cities evacuate people who don’t have cars? https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/transportation-transit-climate-change-disasters-john-renne/651432/

Costa Rica to send firefighters to aid in Canada’s forest fires https://qcostarica.com/costa-rica-to-send-firefighters-to-aid-in-canadas-forest-fires/

Disaster education, communications and engagement

FEMA Administrator Announces 2023 National Preparedness Month Theme Focused on Helping Older Adults Prepare for Disaster https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230608/fema-administrator-announces-2023-national-preparedness-month-theme-focused

Rise of malicious bots: how automatons shake up Twitter with earthquake conspiracies https://iiasa.ac.at/news/jun-2023/rise-of-malicious-bots-how-automatons-shake-up-twitter-with-earthquake-conspiracies

How should we teach climate change in schools? It starts with ‘turbo charging’ teacher education https://theconversation.com/how-should-we-teach-climate-change-in-schools-it-starts-with-turbo-charging-teacher-education-207221

Science Communication That Goes Beyond Words https://eos.org/science-updates/science-communication-that-goes-beyond-words

Psychology and disasters

Trauma-Aware Education: Essential information and guidance for educators, education sites and education systems https://www.australianacademicpress.com.au/books/details/345/Trauma-Aware_Education_Essential_information_and_guidance_for_educators_education_sites_and_education_systems

Sociology and disasters

Water Back: A review centering rematriation and Indigenous Water research sovereignty https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol16/v16issue2/707-a16-2-10

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Catastrophic floods in Italy force thousands of people to leave their homes https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/18/catastrophic-floods-in-italy-force-thousands-of-people-to-evacuate.html

More than 450 fatalities in Myanmar after Tropical Cyclone “Mocha” makes landfall https://watchers.news/2023/05/18/tropical-cyclone-mocha-myanmar-damage-fatalities-may-2023/

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Flooding Rivers Damage Homes and Impact Livelihoods https://floodlist.com/europe/bosnia-herzegovina-floods-may-2023

Somalia – Flooding Displaces Thousands, Prompts Urgent Humanitarian Response https://floodlist.com/africa/somalia-floods-may-2023

Mexican volcano spews smoke into starry sky https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-65671578

Intense eruption at Popocatepetl, ash to 10 km (32 000 feet) a.s.l., Mexico https://watchers.news/2023/05/22/intense-eruption-at-popocatepetl-ash-to-10-km-32-000-feet-a-s-l-mexico/

Rain, even smoke help fight wildfires in Alberta; new blaze brings evacuation in British Columbia https://apnews.com/article/canada-alberta-british-columbia-wildfires-3a988b45616aed324d265f25d164c299

Mawar closes in on category 5 strength while nearing Guam https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/05/mawar-closes-in-on-category-5-strength-while-nearing-guam/

Millions in Mexico warned to prepare for evacuation as Popocatépetl volcano spews ash https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/22/americas/mexico-volcano-popocatepetl-latam-intl/index.html

Category 5 Super Typhoon Mawar rapidly intensifies to 175 mph winds https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/05/category-5-super-typhoon-mawar-rapidly-intensifies-to-175-mph-winds/

Volcanic activity worldwide 25 May 2023: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Reventador, Sangay https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/212210/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-25-May-2023-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Reventador-Sangay-Sakurajim.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Is there warming in the pipeline? A multi-model analysis of the Zero Emissions Commitment from CO2 https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/17/2987/2020/

Transport produces a large and rising share of Australia’s harmful carbon pollution (19 percent) https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/shifting-gear-the-path-to-cleaner-transport/

The nine hours in which Spain made the 100% renewable dream a reality https://english.elpais.com/spain/2023-05-19/the-nine-hours-in-which-spain-made-the-100-renewable-dream-a-reality.html

Redefining “Glacial Pace” https://eos.org/features/redefining-glacial-pace

In Years After El Niño, Global Economy Loses Trillions https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2023/05/years-after-el-nino-global-economy-loses-trillions

Global Ocean Heat and Salt Content: Seasonal, Yearly, and Pentadal Fields https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/global-ocean-heat-content/

A multimodel analysis of post-Glasgow climate targets and feasibility challenges https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01661-0

Can coal-hungry Botswana ramp up solar to meet renewables target? https://www.context.news/net-zero/can-coal-hungry-botswana-ramp-up-solar-to-meet-renewables-target

Study finds 2 billion people will struggle to survive in a warming world – and these parts of Australia are most vulnerable https://theconversation.com/study-finds-2-billion-people-will-struggle-to-survive-in-a-warming-world-and-these-parts-of-australia-are-most-vulnerable-205927

Quantifying the human cost of global warming https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01132-6

Transport Minister Michael Wood: ‘Real possibility’ some NZ roads will be abandoned https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/transport-minister-michael-wood-real-possiblity-some-roads-will-be-abandoned/ZGXBCY734VCZVCTWP6JYWBUOQQ/

What Bangladesh can teach the world about climate disaster preparation https://www.context.news/climate-risks/opinion/what-bangladesh-can-teach-us-about-climate-disaster-preparation

More nations plan for ‘health disasters’ fuelled by climate change https://www.context.news/climate-risks/more-nations-plan-for-health-disasters-fuelled-by-climate-change

Global heating will push billions outside ‘human climate niche’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/22/global-heating-human-climate-niche

Nearly 150,000 Indians have died in the past 51 years because of extreme weather: WMO https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/natural-disasters/nearly-150-000-indians-have-died-in-the-past-51-years-because-of-extreme-weather-wmo-89495

Minimizing the risk of rising sea levels https://www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/news/131-setback-zones-sea-level-rise

Were Italy’s floods caused by climate change? Experts analyse what happened as 36,000 left homeless https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/05/22/were-italys-floods-caused-by-climate-change-experts-analyse-what-happened-as-36000-left-ho

World Meteorological Congress approves Global Greenhouse Gas Watch https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/world-meteorological-congress-approves-global-greenhouse-gas-watch

Adapting to the impacts of extreme heat in Bangladesh’s labour force https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/news/adapting-to-the-impacts-of-extreme-heat-in-bangladeshs-labour-force/

‘Gobsmacking’: Antarctic sea ice shrinks https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/am/-gobsmacking-antarctic-sea-ice-shrinks/102384896

World organisations, world events and world objects: how science, politics, and the mass media co-produce climate futures https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2023.2215409

The CoralHydro2k database: a global, actively curated compilation of coral δ18O and Sr ∕ Ca proxy records of tropical ocean hydrology and temperature for the Common Era https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/2081/2023/

How Blackouts during Heat Waves Amplify Mortality and Morbidity Risk https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c09588

Accelerating Climate Action Will Help Honduras Achieve Inclusive and Resilient Growth https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2023/05/18/acelerar-la-accion-climatica-ayudara-honduras-a-lograr-un-crecimiento-inclusivo-y-resiliente

Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would save billions from dangerously hot climate https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-environment-science-and-economy/limiting-global-warming-to-1-5c-would-save-billions-from-dangerously-hot-climate/

Strategic city planning can help reduce urban heat island effect https://www.psu.edu/news/agricultural-sciences/story/strategic-city-planning-can-help-reduce-urban-heat-island-effect/

Recent reduced abyssal overturning and ventilation in the Australian Antarctic Basin https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01667-8

Origin, importance, and predictive limits of internal climate variability https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-5295/accf30

Forcing and impact of the Northern Hemisphere continental snow cover in 1979–2014 https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/2157/2023/

Sweltering heat wave hits Sri Lanka; climate change will likely bring more https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/sweltering-heat-wave-hits-sri-lanka-climate-change-will-likely-bring-more/

Burning Hot: 50 Years of Fire Weather Across the United States https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/fire-weather-2023

Disaster risk reduction

FEMA Announces Additional $160M to Build Climate and Disaster Resilience Nationwide https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/climate-security/fema-announces-additional-160m-to-build-climate-and-disaster-resilience-nationwide/

Key Recommendations on Wildfire Prevention in the Mediterranean https://efi.int/publications-bank/key-recommendations-wildfire-prevention-mediterranean

A review of Earth Artificial Intelligence https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098300422000036

Threatening 22 million people, Mexico’s Popocatepetl is a very closely watched volcano https://apnews.com/article/mexico-volcano-popocatepetl-scientists-baad6e912809ffa4d9586015209e0d2d

How AI is making weather forecasts more accurate https://news.northeastern.edu/2023/05/18/ai-weather-predictions/

Hazard definition and classification review https://www.undrr.org/publication/hazard-definition-and-classification-review-technical-report

A continent-wide detailed geological map dataset of Antarctica https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02152-9

The NZ regions most at risk of tsunamis https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-front-page-the-new-zealand-regions-most-at-risk-of-tsunami-threat/WXB5YCIWMZD75L7DXICSQK7RPE/

‘Painting with fire’: how northern Australia developed one of the world’s best bushfire management programs https://theconversation.com/painting-with-fire-how-northern-australia-developed-one-of-the-worlds-best-bushfire-management-programs-205113

Economic costs of weather-related disasters soars but early warnings save lives https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/economic-costs-of-weather-related-disasters-soars-early-warnings-save-lives

Using AI, researchers have created a new tsunami warning system https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/04/25/new-tsunami-warning-system-uses-artificial-intelligence-ai/11715026002/

Cluster Analysis of Slope Hazard Seismic Recordings Based Upon Unsupervised Deep Embedded Clustering https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/article-abstract/doi/10.1785/0220230011/622504/Cluster-Analysis-of-Slope-Hazard-Seismic

Years ago Italy created a task force entrusted with preventing flooding. Why didn’t it work? https://www.euronews.com/2023/05/22/years-ago-italy-created-a-task-force-entrusted-with-preventing-flooding-why-didnt-it-work

Tonga volcano eruption created ‘super plasma bubble’ in atmosphere, disrupting precise GPS https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-05-25/tonga-volcano-eruption-super-plasma-bubble-gps-atmosphere/102377782

Unpublished list reveals 3,400 San Francisco buildings may be at severe earthquake risk https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/san-francisco-concrete-building-list-sf-risk-earthquake-retrofit-cost-rcna84497

“Beyond Adaptation”: Coming to Terms with Loss & Damage https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/beyond-adaptation-coming-to-terms-with-loss-damage/

Application of MEMS Data to Fast Inversion of Rupture Process: Tests with Recordings from the IRREEW Network https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/article-abstract/doi/10.1785/0220220369/623067/Application-of-MEMS-Data-to-Fast-Inversion-ofredirectedFrom=fulltext

Emergency management

Elite smokejumpers serve as a first line of wildfire response https://lailluminator.com/2023/05/20/boises-elite-smokejumpers-serve-as-a-first-line-of-wildfire-response/

Public Submissions – Independent Review of Commonwealth Disaster Funding https://nema.gov.au/about-us/governance-and-reporting/reviews/Independent-Review-Disaster-Funding-Public-Submissions

As FEMA struggles to keep up with climate disasters, extremist groups see an opportunity https://grist.org/extreme-weather/boots-on-the-ground-fema-oath-keepers-natural-disaster/

Eruption of Tonga underwater volcano found to disrupt satellite signals halfway around the world https://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/researchinfo/result-en/2023/05/20230523-01.html

Bases take part in RoC multi-national firefighting exercise https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/05/25/bases-take-part-in-roc-multi-national-firefighting-exercise/

Disaster education, communications and engagement

Pyrosketchology is an approach for building awareness of the fire environment through observations, sketching and nature journaling practices https://www.pyrosketchology.com/

Challenges, Strategies, and Impacts of Doing Citizen Science with Marginalised and Indigenous Communities: Reflections from Project Coordinators https://theoryandpractice.citizenscienceassociation.org/articles/10.5334/cstp.514/

US Fire and Smoke Map https://fire.airnow.gov/

Helping more people stay safe with flood forecasting https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/flood-hub-ai-flood-forecasting-more-countries/

Social media-based urban disaster recovery and resilience analysis of the Henan deluge https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-023-06010-0#Bib1

Continental US Hurricane Strikes Poster https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/images/US_Hurricane_Strikes/Continental_US_Hurricane_Strikes_1950-2022_Poster.pdf

Psychology and disasters

Mental Health and Trauma https://disasterphilanthropy.org/resources/mental-health/

Why Some People Expect Catastrophes in Everyday Situations https://theswaddle.com/why-some-people-expect-catastrophes-in-everyday-situations/

Sociology and disasters

Uneven paths: Soft Policy’s benefits to recovery in Louisiana Parishes after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362790569_Uneven_paths_Soft_Policy’s_benefits_to_recovery_in_Louisiana_Parishes_after_Hurricanes_Katrina_and_Rita

Secession by flooding: How rain is dividing up our good country Uganda https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/oped/comment/how-rain-is-dividing-up-our-good-country-4241456

As world’s poor face ‘compounding crises’, what could curb risks? https://www.context.news/climate-risks/as-worlds-poor-face-compounding-crises-what-could-curb-risks

Children in East Asia and the Pacific face the greatest exposure to multiple climate disasters https://www.unicef.org/eap/press-releases/children-eap-hardest-hit-climate-crisis

Household Flood Severity and Migration Extent in Central Java: Analysis of the Indonesian Family Life Survey https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/9/5706

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Myanmar, Bangladesh and India – Thousands Evacuate as Powerful Tropical Cyclone ‘Mocha’ Makes Landfall https://floodlist.com/asia/myanmar-bangladesh-india-cyclone-mocha-may-2023

Croatia – Flooding in Multiple Counties After Record Rain, Authorities on Alert as Rivers Rise https://floodlist.com/europe/croatia-floods-may-2023

Ethiopia – Flooding Continues in Several Regions, Displacing Thousands and Threatening Food Security https://floodlist.com/africa/ethiopia-floods-may-2023

Devastating floods in Italy claim lives and leave thousands homeless https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/17/italy-storms-people-dead-thousands-evacuated-emlia-romagna

B.C. residents pack bags as wildfires rage https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-bc-residents-pack-bags-as-wildfires-rage/

Italy – (Updated) 8 Dead After More Flooding in Emilia-Romagna https://floodlist.com/europe/italy-floods-emiliaromagna-marche-may-2023

Volcanic activity worldwide 17 May 2023: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/211603/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-17-May-2023-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Reventador-Sakurajim.html

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Flooding Rivers Damage Homes and Impact Livelihoods https://floodlist.com/europe/bosnia-herzegovina-floods-may-2023

Somalia – Flooding Displaces Thousands, Prompts Urgent Humanitarian Response https://floodlist.com/africa/somalia-floods-may-2023

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Flood risks remain as B.C. heat wave smashes temperature records https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-heat-wave-temp-record-1.6843412

Hybrid forecasting: blending climate predictions with AI models https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/27/1865/2023/

Oceans have been absorbing the world’s extra heat. But there’s a huge payback https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/15/oceans-have-been-absorbing-the-worlds-extra-heat-but-theres-a-huge-payback

HEAT.gov National Integrated Heat Health Information System https://www.heat.gov/

Change in Antarctic ice shelf area from 2009 to 2019 https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/2059/2023/

The effect of uncertainties in natural forcing records on simulated temperature during the last millennium https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/19/959/2023/

Green energy flag-bearer South Australia says gas must ‘stand behind’ renewable switch https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-16/no-green-energy-transition-without-gas-says-south-australia/102351232

The Link Between the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Rainfall Trends in Northwest Australia https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL101799

Exploring risks and benefits of overshooting a 1.5 °C carbon budget over space and time https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/accd83

Coping with climate shocks: Ecosystems versus economic systems https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2023/05/15/coping-with-climate-shocks-ecosystems-versus-economic-systems/

U.S. heat wave frequency and length are increasing https://www.globalchange.gov/browse/indicator-details/3983

May 2023 ENSO update: El Niño knocking on the door https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/may-2023-enso-update-el-ni%C3%B1o-knocking-door

World’s biggest carbon capture plant running at one third capacity, Chevron Australia reveals https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-17/chevron-australia-carbon-capture-storage-gorgon-third-capacity/102357652

French activists protest climate crisis with fire https://thebulletin.org/2023/05/french-activists-protest-climate-crisis-with-fire/

Global warming to bring record hot year by 2028 – probably our first above 1.5°C limit https://theconversation.com/global-warming-to-bring-record-hot-year-by-2028-probably-our-first-above-1-5-c-limit-205758

Taking the Pulse of Global Change with World Heritage Data Sets https://eos.org/opinions/taking-the-pulse-of-global-change-with-world-heritage-data-sets

April Heat Wave in South Asia Made 30 Times More Likely by Climate Change https://e360.yale.edu/digest/april-2023-heat-wave-india-thailand-climate-change

Managing wildfires in the context of climate change https://www.oecd.org/climate-change/wildfires/

Global temperatures set to reach new records in next five years https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/global-temperatures-set-reach-new-records-next-five-years

Heat Waves: A Growing Threat to Society and the Environment https://eos.org/editors-vox/heat-waves-a-growing-threat-to-society-and-the-environment

El Niño and La Niña have become more extreme and frequent because of climate change, study finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-18/el-nino-la-nina-more-extreme-climate-change-csiro/102341468

Disaster risk reduction

Addressing water-related conflict and disasters https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/water/what-we-do/addressing-water-related-conflict-and-disasters

Research aims to improve predictions of heavy rainfall events https://phys.org/news/2023-05-aims-heavy-rainfall-events.html

Flood gauges to be upgraded as part of $263 million disaster warning network https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-15/flood-warning-network-federal-funding-disaster-areas/102345706

Your guide to the High-Level Meeting of the UNGA on the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for DRR https://www.gndr.org/your-guide-to-the-high-level-meeting-of-the-unga-on-the-midterm-review-of-the-implementation-of-the-sendai-framework-for-drr/

Public review of the Words into Action guide on Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems https://www.preventionweb.net/news/public-review-words-action-guide-multi-hazard-early-warning-systems

Lateral Variations of Attenuation in the Crust of Alaska Using LgQ Tomography https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article-abstract/doi/10.1785/0120220164/621669/Lateral-Variations-of-Attenuation-in-the-Crust-of

Anthropogenic factors on the West African coast are contributing more than global climate change to the rapid increase in vulnerability and flood risks in the region https://en.ird.fr/socio-economic-development-west-african-coast-key-factor-increasing-flood-risks

New tool could help track deadly eruption hazard https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/news/2023/new-tool-could-help-track-deadly-eruption-hazard.html

Panta Rhei benchmark dataset: socio-hydrological data of paired events of floods and droughts https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/2009/2023/

Integrated field, model, and theoretical advances inform a predictive understanding of transport and transformation in the critical zone https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022169423005954

Analysis of spatial and temporal trend of hydro-climatic parameters in the Kilombero River Catchment, Tanzania https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-35105-8

Water conservation suffers as reservoir operation and floodplain development become entrenched in a vicious cycle https://www.globalwaterforum.org/2023/05/17/water-conservation-suffers-as-reservoir-operation-and-floodplain-development-become-entrenched-in-a-vicious-cycle/

One in six properties in England will be affected by flood risk by 2050, study suggests https://www.bayes.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/may/one-in-six-properties-in-england-will-be-affected-by-flood-risk-by-2050-study-suggests

Floodplains most sensitive to extreme magnitude events have a tendency for populations to be most densely settled in these rarely flooded zones https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38297-9

Countries most exposed to individual and concurrent extremes and near-permanent extreme conditions at different global warming levels https://esd.copernicus.org/articles/14/485/2023/

Continuously Updated Digital Elevation Models (CUDEMs) to Support Coastal Inundation Modeling https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/6/1702

As danger season begins, congress must pass stronger wildfire policies https://www.preventionweb.net/news/danger-season-begins-congress-must-pass-stronger-wildfire-policies

As we fight the Alberta and B.C. wildfires, we must also plan for future disasters https://theconversation.com/as-we-fight-the-alberta-and-b-c-wildfires-we-must-also-plan-for-future-disasters-205818

Emergency management

In war-torn northwest Syria, earthquake survivors struggle to find medical care https://www.cbsnews.com/news/earthquake-survivors-in-war-torn-northwest-syria-struggle-60-minutes-transcript-2023-04-23/

Performance of the flood warning system in Germany in July 2021 – insights from affected residents https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/23/973/2023/

Home insurance coverage falters as California wildfires worsen https://www.context.news/climate-risks/home-insurance-coverage-falters-as-california-wildfires-worsen

High-quality satellite imagery swiftly reveals post-earthquake details https://phys.org/news/2023-05-high-quality-satellite-imagery-swiftly-reveals.html

Disaster education, communications and engagement

The Next Supercontinent https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo194844999.html

Staying Safe During Extreme Heat https://www.heat.gov/pages/planning-and-preparing

Raising Hazard Awareness at the Foot of One of the World’s Most Dangerous Volcanoes https://eos.org/articles/raising-hazard-awareness-at-the-foot-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-dangerous-volcanoes

Psychology and disasters

Mental health risks for cultural heritage professionals within the framework of disaster risk reduction: An exploratory study on the emotional impact of ruins after the 2016 earthquake in central Italy https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420923001851

How a disaster expert prepares for the worst https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/22/lucy-easthope-profile-disaster-response

How to Be Alone: An Antidote to One of the Central Anxieties and Greatest Paradoxes of Our Time https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/09/03/how-to-be-alone-school-of-life/

Fixing broken flood gauges is important. But most of us don’t evacuate even when we know the water is coming https://theconversation.com/fixing-broken-flood-gauges-is-important-but-most-of-us-dont-evacuate-even-when-we-know-the-water-is-coming-205653

Sociology and disasters

What is social sustainability? https://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/abs/10.1596/978-1-4648-1946-9_ch2

Extreme humid heat in South Asia in April 2023, largely driven by climate change, detrimental to vulnerable and disadvantaged communities https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-humid-heat-in-south-asia-in-april-2023-largely-driven-by-climate-change-detrimental-to-vulnerable-and-disadvantaged-communities/

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Alberta announces state of emergency as 25,000 flee out-of-control wildfires in western Canada https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-07/25000-flee-wildfires-in-western-canada/102314630

DR Congo – Dozens Feared Dead After Floods Cause “Immeasurable Damage” in South Kivu https://floodlist.com/africa/dr-congo-floods-south-kivu-may-2023

Heavy rains affect nearly 500 000 people, devastate crop fields in Jiangxi, China https://watchers.news/2023/05/08/heavy-rains-affect-nearly-500-000-people-devastate-crop-fields-in-jiangxi-china/

Tornado strikes Anamur district, Turkey, injuring over a dozen people and destroying banana greenhouses https://watchers.news/2023/05/08/tornado-strikes-anamur-district-turkey-injuring-over-a-dozen-people-and-destroying-banana-greenhouses/

Intense explosive activity, multiple pyroclastic flows trigger evacuations around Fuego volcano, Guatemala https://watchers.news/2023/05/05/intense-explosive-activity-multiple-pyroclastic-flows-trigger-evacuations-around-fuego-volcano-guatemala/

DR Congo – Death Toll From South Kivu Floods Rises to Almost 400 https://floodlist.com/africa/dr-congo-floods-south-kivu-may-2023-update

Swiss village of Brienz told to flee imminent monster rockslide https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65533681

DR Congo – Many Feared Missing After Landslide in North Kivu https://floodlist.com/africa/dr-congo-landslide-north-kivu-may-2023

New Zealand – More Floods in Auckland After 50mm of Rain in 1 Hour https://floodlist.com/australia/new-zealand-floods-auckland-may-2023

Very strong M7.6 earthquake hits Tonga https://watchers.news/2023/05/10/very-strong-m7-6-earthquake-hits-tonga/

Devastating wildfires engulf southern Russia, claiming lives and property https://watchers.news/2023/05/10/devastating-wildfires-engulf-southern-russia-claiming-lives-and-property/

Flood levels in Somerset villages ‘highest on record’ as floating cars abandoned https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/flood-levels-somerset-villages-highest-8427970

Sierra Leone – 7 Fatalities After Floods Hit Freetown https://floodlist.com/africa/sierra-leone-floods-freetown-may-2023

Volcanic activity worldwide 10 May 2023: Popocatépetl volcano, Krakatau, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/211120/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-10-May-2023-Popocatepetl-volcano-Krakatau-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Nevad.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2022 https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/72/12/1149/6764747

Political strategies for climate and environmental solutions https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01109-5

How will climate change impact wildfires in Scotland? https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23480493.will-climate-change-impact-wildfires-scotland/

April Mediterranean heatwave ‘almost impossible’ without climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/05/april-mediterranean-heatwave-almost-impossible-without-climate-crisis

Solar Installation Growth Expected To Reach 700 GW By 2025 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/02/27/solar-installation-growth-expected-to-reach-700-gw-by-2025/

How will climate change affect Latin America? Scientists respond to IPCC report https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/how-will-climate-change-affect-latin-america-scientists-respond-to-ipcc-report/

Thermal structure of proglacial lakes in Patagonia https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2016JF004084

As Torres Strait Islands face a ‘climate crisis’, there are calls for the government to ‘see for themselves’ https://www.sbs.com.au/language/nitv-radio/en/article/the-torres-strait-islands-are-at-the-forefront-of-the-climate-change-battle/3yie0fduv

Why making El Niño forecasts in the spring is especially anxiety-inducing https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/why-making-el-ni%C3%B1o-forecasts-spring-especially-anxiety-inducing

Extreme April heat in Spain, Portugal, Morocco & Algeria almost impossible without climate change https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-april-heat-in-spain-portugal-morocco-algeria-almost-impossible-without-climate-change/

IPCC data on coastal flood risk on BlueEarth https://www.deltares.nl/en/news/ipcc-data-on-coastal-flood-risk-on-blueearth

Exceptional stratospheric contribution to human fingerprints on atmospheric temperature https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2300758120

Quantifying the contribution of forcing and three prominent modes of variability to historical climate https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/19/943/2023/

Black summer bushfires may have caused rare ‘triple dip’ La Niña, study suggests https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/11/black-summer-bushfires-may-have-caused-rare-triple-dip-la-nina-study-suggests

Greenland glacier discovery shows sea level projections are too low https://www.axios.com/2023/05/09/northwest-greenland-petermann-glacier-sea-level

Climate Change Tracker https://climatechangetracker.org/

Record number of serious outdoor fires tackled in England in summer 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/11/firefighters-in-england-called-to-record-number-of-serious-outdoor-blazes-last-summer

May 2023 ENSO update: El Niño knocking on the door https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/may-2023-enso-update-el-ni%C3%B1o-knocking-door

The UN Campaign for Individual Action https://www.un.org/actnow

Climate Central analysis shows that human-caused climate change made the record-breaking spring heat forecast in parts of the western U.S. and Canada up to 5 times more likely https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index-alert

Global Mean Sea Level rise rate https://sealevel.colorado.edu/

Disaster risk reduction

Deterministic & probablistic risk https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/key-concepts/deterministic-probablistic-risk

Qualitative assessment of resilience in construction projects https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/CI-10-2022-0265/full/html

When it rains, it really does pour https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/news/2023/when-it-rains-it-really-does-pour.html

Europe’s advanced new weather satellite will support Early Warnings for All https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/europe%E2%80%99s-advanced-new-weather-satellite-will-support-early-warnings-all

Beyond avoided losses: capitalizing on the secondary benefits of investments in urban flood protection https://www.preventionweb.net/news/beyond-avoided-losses-capitalizing-secondary-benefits-investments-urban-flood-protection

Lismore floods aftermath debate asks if land management could slow flow of water https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-05-08/lismore-flood-aftermath-could-land-management-slow-water-flow-/101881144

The US National Risk Index has undergone a large data update, which changes the way FEMA assesses risk https://hazards.fema.gov/nri/

The Destructive Earthquake Doublet of 6 February 2023 in South‐Central Türkiye and Northwestern Syria: Initial Observations and Analyses https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/article/3/2/105/623200/The-Destructive-Earthquake-Doublet-of-6-February

Risk, Reward, and Resilience Framework: Integrative Policy Making in a Complex World https://academic.oup.com/jiel/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jiel/jgad009/7071723

GEB v0.1: a large-scale agent-based socio-hydrological model – simulating 10 million individual farming households in a fully distributed hydrological model https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/16/2437/2023/

NT water allocation draft risks ‘irreversible damage’ to country and culture, critics say https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-09/traditional-owners-condemn-latest-draft-nt-water-allocation-plan/102316084

Providing weekly forecast estimates of the magnitude and timing of annual production and fuel across coterminous U.S. rangelands https://toolkit.climate.gov/tool/fuelcast

When impervious cover doesn’t predict urban runoff: Lessons from distributed overland flow modeling https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002216942300481X

Tjuwanpa Women Rangers’ Burning Story https://www.indigenousdesertalliance.com/stories/tjuwanpa-women-rangers-burning-story

High-Level Meeting on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework https://sendaiframework-mtr.undrr.org/high-level-meeting-midterm-review-sendai-framework-disaster-risk-reduction-2015-2030

Emergency management

‘It’s still killing and it’s still changing.’ Ending COVID-19 states of emergency sparks debate https://www.science.org/content/article/who-ends-pandemic-emergency-covid-19-deaths-fall

Alberta wildfire evacuees frustrated by a lack of information and timelines for return https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-wildfire-evacuees-frustrated-by-a-lack-of-information-and-timelines-for-return-1.6835570

Disaster education, communications and engagement

How to create local climate change projects with your students https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/climate-change-education-resources-/

WildfireSAFE Mobile Application https://globalcmrpt.wordpress.com/2023/05/05/wildfiresafe-mobile-application/

Video: Hidden Volcano Abyss https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/hidden-volcano-abyss/

‘Like Nagasaki’: devastating wildfires will only get worse, new book warns https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/10/fire-weather-john-valliant-new-book-alberta-wildfire

Psychology and disasters

Solidarity under heterogenous adaptation costs: Experimental evidence on coping after climate hazards https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0095069623000426

Better prepared but less resilient: the paradoxical impact of frequent flood experience on adaptive behavior and household resilience https://nhess.copernicus.org/preprints/nhess-2023-64/nhess-2023-64.pdf

Mental health of vulnerable groups experiencing a drought or bushfire: A systematic review https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/global-mental-health/article/mental-health-of-vulnerable-groups-experiencing-a-drought-or-bushfire-a-systematic-review/1210CEB039D453C489F78F720BD11A00

Sociology and disasters

Post-Disaster Recovery Challenges of Public Housing Residents: Lumberton, North Carolina After Hurricane Matthew https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10780874231167570

CAPE Vulnerability Index https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09540261.2020.1738093

Understanding how people’s lives are impacted by gender norms, roles and relations within a given culture and society is critical to understanding and reducing disaster risk https://www.undrr.org/gender

Community coherence during COVID-19 -a pilot study https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370591235_Community_coherence_during_COVID-19_-a_pilot_study

Fostering Socio-Ecological Resilience to Wildfire by Interconnecting Knowledge Systems at Cal Poly Humboldt https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/hjsr/vol1/iss45/6/

From labelling weakness to liberatory praxis: a new theory of vulnerability for disaster studies https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/DPM-10-2022-0208/full/html

In the Arena: Contesting Disaster Creation in Cities https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/disa.12588

Residual Governance: How South Africa Foretells Planetary Futures https://www.dukeupress.edu/residual-governance

Capacitating urban governance and planning systems to drive transformative resilience https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210670723002482

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Rainy season ravages Ecuador, leaves 79 people dead, 39 missing and 14 184 homes damaged https://watchers.news/2023/04/28/rainy-season-ravages-ecuador-leaves-79-people-dead-39-missing-and-14-184-homes-damaged/

Uganda – Deadly Floods and Landslides in Kasese, Mbale and Rukungiri https://floodlist.com/africa/uganda-floods-kasese-mbale-rukungiri-april-2023

Pakistan – Deadly Floods in Balochistan Province https://floodlist.com/asia/pakistan-floods-balochistan-april-2023

Kenya – Floods Displace Thousands of Households in Mandera and Kisumu https://floodlist.com/africa/kenya-floods-kisumu-mandera-april-2023

Destructive floods and landslides hit Rwanda, leaving over 100 fatalities https://watchers.news/2023/05/03/destructive-floods-and-landslides-hit-rwanda-leaving-over-100-fatalities/

Widespread floods hit Emilia-Romagna, Italy https://watchers.news/2023/05/03/widespread-floods-hit-emilia-romagna-italy/

Canada – Two Missing After Floods in Quebec https://floodlist.com/america/canada-floods-quebec-may-2023

Updated: Uganda – Deadly Floods and Landslides in Kasese, Mbale and Rukungiri https://floodlist.com/africa/uganda-floods-kasese-mbale-rukungiri-april-2023

Residents of Baie-Saint-Paul, Que., face flooded basements, washed out roads and a huge cleanup https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/flood-baie-saint-paul-residents-cleaning-1.6829490

Rwanda – Death Toll Rises as Flooding Continues https://floodlist.com/africa/rwanda-floods-may-2023-update

Volcanic activity worldwide 4 May 2023: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Katla, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/210730/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-4-May-2023-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Katla-Reventador-Rua.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Australia’s adoption of electric vehicles has been maddeningly slow, but we’re well placed to catch up fast https://theconversation.com/australias-adoption-of-electric-vehicles-has-been-maddeningly-slow-but-were-well-placed-to-catch-up-fast-203923

‘Endless record heat’ in Asia as highest April temperatures recorded https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/27/endless-record-heat-asia-highest-april-temperatures

Researchers from ISGlobal and LSHTM Call for Incorporating Heat Stress Indices into Communication of Dangerous Heat Waves https://www.isglobal.org/en/-/isglobal-y-lshtm-piden-incorporar-indices-de-estres-termico-en-la-comunicacion-de-olas-de-calor

Indigenous knowledge can help address climate change https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8177644/indigenous-knowledge-can-help-address-climate-change/

How Sicily Is Tackling Wildfires Amid a Global Climate Crisis https://towardfreedom.org/story/archives/europe/how-sicily-is-tackling-wildfires-amid-a-global-climate-crisis/

In the Pacific Northwest, 2021 Was the Hottest Year in a Millennium https://eos.org/articles/in-the-pacific-northwest-2021-was-the-hottest-year-in-a-millennium

Sizzling Cities: Planning for urban heat resilience in South Asia https://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia/sizzling-cities-planning-urban-heat-resilience-south-asia

Wildfires, Global Climate Change, and Human Health https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMsr2028985

Hawaiʻi Sea Level Rise Viewer https://toolkit.climate.gov/tool/hawai%CA%BBi-sea-level-rise-viewer

Remarkable new tech has revealed the ancient landscape of Arnhem Land that greeted Australia’s First Peoples https://theconversation.com/remarkable-new-tech-has-revealed-the-ancient-landscape-of-arnhem-land-that-greeted-australias-first-peoples-201394

Climate change and crumbling infrastructure create a ‘perfect storm’ for Americans living in flood zones https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3978721-climate-change-and-crumbling-infrastructure-create-a-perfect-storm-for-americans-living-in-flood-zones/

Disaster risk reduction

Earthquake research shaking up tailings dam safety https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/earthquake-research-shaking-tailings-dam-safety

Projected losses from a major California earthquake soar. What’s behind seismic inflation? https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-30/major-california-earthquake-cost

What are overlooked disasters and why we shouldn’t miss them https://ehs.unu.edu/news/news/expert-qa-what-are-overlooked-disasters-and-why-we-shouldnt-miss-them.html

Historic flooding in Fort Lauderdale was a sign of things to come – a look at who is most at risk and how to prepare https://theconversation.com/historic-flooding-in-fort-lauderdale-was-a-sign-of-things-to-come-a-look-at-who-is-most-at-risk-and-how-to-prepare-204101

Spreading like wildfire: the rising threat of extraordinary landscape fires https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/spreading-wildfire-rising-threat-extraordinary-landscape-fires

Five recommendations for integrating equity into benefit-cost analysis for flood risk management https://www.preventionweb.net/news/five-recommendations-integrating-equity-benefit-cost-analysis-flood-risk-management

Using Cave Formations to Investigate Ancient Wildfires https://eos.org/editors-vox/using-cave-formations-to-investigate-ancient-wildfires

Designing inclusive, accessible early warning systems: Good practices and entry points https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/designing-inclusive-accessible-early-warning-systems-good-practices-and-entry-points

Deadly volcanic flow insights could aid forecasting https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2023/deadly-volcanic-flow-insights-aid-forecasting

Emergency management

The role of access to finance in disaster recovery: Evidence from coastal communities in India https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1477-9552.12541

Cyclone Gabrielle: Civil Defence’s emergency response in Hawke’s Bay to be reviewed https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/cyclone-gabrielle-civil-defences-emergency-response-in-hawkes-bay-to-be-reviewed/2HU2ZKUZ6NCATO4CEOWUAAAFRA/

‘We only got 30 minutes’: Entire Indigenous community flees northern Alberta wildfire https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/we-only-got-30-minutes-entire-indigenous-community-flees-northern-alberta-wildfire-1.6384541

Nearly $4 Billion in Flood Insurance Payments Reach Policyholders After Hurricane Ian https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230504/nearly-4-billion-flood-insurance-payments-reach-policyholders-after

Disaster education, communications and engagement

The Role of Virtual Communication in Building an Intertwined Relation Between Business Resilience and Community Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00027642231164043

Climate Data Primer https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/climate-data-primer

Hurricane preparedness https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/hurricanes/science

Psychology and disasters

Residents of Quebec town still struggle with aftermath of 2019 dike break, flooding https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/residents-of-quebec-town-still-struggle-with-aftermath-of-2019-dike-break-flooding-1.6377363

Chapter 10: Supporting children and families affected by disasters https://www.cambridge.org/highereducation/books/working-with-families-experiencing-vulnerability/687E4FD8463A4A0E02D96C00BE88BF2B/supporting-children-and-families-affected-by-disasters/A10973A4E53188536515933CF90238B6

Building resilience to the mental health impacts of climate change in rural Australia https://www.sydney.edu.au/sydney-environment-institute/news/2023/05/01/building-resilience-to-the-mental-health-impacts-of-climate-chan.html

Community experiences of the 2022 Australian floods https://www.naturalhazards.com.au/floods2022

Cumulative and compounding effects of pre-pandemic vulnerabilities and pandemic-related hardship on psychological distress among pregnant individuals https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0163834323000750

Who helps the helpers? Earthquakes put spotlight on aid workers’ needs https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2023/05/04/syria-turkiye-turkey-earthquakes-spotlight-aid-workers-need

Sociology and disasters

Three A’s of social capital in crises: Challenges with the availability, accessibility and activatability of social support https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S221242092300184X

New Report Shows Extreme Heat Impacts Lower Income, More Racially Diverse Residents Most https://www.gonzaga.edu/news-events/stories/2023/4/11/climate-center-heat-map-race-implications

Valuing adaptive programming: a study of resilience processes and outcomes https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149718923000770

The blame game: disaster, queerness and prejudice https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/DPM-11-2022-0222/full/html

Spinning in circles? A systematic review on the role of theory in social vulnerability, resilience and adaptation research https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959378023000389

Migration is a development challenge https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/wdr2023

How India’s caste system keeps Dalits from accessing disaster relief https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2022/11/29/India-Dalits-disaster-relief-aid