Bangladesh has swung from scorching pre-monsoon heat to devastating monsoon floods within weeks, raising a troubling question ...
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI, July 21 (Reuters) - Taiwan will deliberately slow mobile internet speeds for the first time during annual civil defence drills in August, testing how citizens would communicate if ...
A National Academy of Sciences report on extreme climate event attribution confronts political climate denialism with ...
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Climate change is being driven largely by the greenhouse gases we’ve pumped into the atmosphere, which trap more of the Sun’s ...
The US Geological Survey estimated Thursday that economic losses from Venezuela's most powerful earthquake in a century could range from $10 billion to as ...
As climate risks grow, the new Insurability Readiness Matrix could help insurers, policymakers and communities spot when places are becoming uninsurable ...
This article is authored by Amitabh Ranjan, registrar, Indian Institute of Public Administration.
Research on natural hazards has advanced rapidly, helping decision-makers manage land use and reduce disaster impacts. Yet ...
Including the still rising death toll, the country’s unique vulnerability, and the science behind what happened.
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. (United States Coast Guard) Our oceans are under constant threat. In addition to plastic pollution, fentanyl-laden sewage, and skinny-dippers slathered in ...