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Fire-scorched land is less able to handle climate-driven downpours.
Large parts of the central and eastern U.S. have seen at least 50% more precipitation than normal. An atmospheric scientist explains why and what creates flash flood weather.
It might seem like an obvious move to deploy drones to help look for flood victims, but floods pose unique challenges that stymie the technology.
Funding cuts for crisis services in the US will cause long-term problems in its ability to predict and respond in emergencies.
How ready is Australia for its next sudden flood? And what could help to encourage people to leave while there’s still time?
After the 2022 Northern Rivers floods, the complex and difficult work of women was largely overlooked.
Two studies show how flooding can reduce companies’ earnings and their ability to access finance.
As climate change leads to more extreme weather, temporary climate displacement could become permanent migration.
Right now, it’s not insurance companies we should worry about. It is the unfolding, real-time collapse of insurance for households, businesses and communities.
As extreme weather becomes more frequent in Australia under climate change, so too will attempts to document it – at a risk to ourselves and others.
Research shows hospital administrators can better plan for how they’d cope if a disaster or terrorist attack impacts a hospital’s ability to function as normal.
Many volunteer first responders will have loved ones also affected by the Mid North Coast floods in NSW.
Somalia’s competitiveness in global markets has weakened owing to climate change and conflict.
Accra’s flood resilience is very low.
Managed retreat can be traumatic and hard. But with good planning, the land left behind can serve new purposes, and make public what was once private.
The atmosphere now has the highest carbon dioxide levels in the last 800,000 years – and global heat records have toppled yet again. Coincidence? Of course not
A new project worked with children after the disastrous 2022 Lismore floods. There are lessons for how to help young people recover from Cyclone Alfred.
These storms are very slow moving and getting ready to dump a lot of rain.
Growing climate risk means growing costs of natural disasters. As premiums have risen by 300%, these are costs that households simply can’t afford.
Top contributors
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Regius Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science, University of Reading
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Professor of Environmental Planning, University of Waikato
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Associate, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Associate Professor, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor, Macquarie University
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Senior Research Fellow, The University Centre for Rural Health, University of Sydney
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Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medical Science & Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute; Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Associate, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Climate Science and Science Communication, The University of Melbourne