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How do you stay safe while you begin the clean up and recovery? It can be helpful to have a plan of action ready.
For millions of people, Cyclone Alfred will be their first. From “go bags” to sandbags, here’s what you should do to be as ready as possible.
The latest floods exposed the deep vulnerability of many mountain communities in eastern Kentucky, where land ownership patterns and other barriers to recovery can leave residents with few options.
What is melioidosis, and why are we seeing a spike in cases now? A microbiologist explains.
Cleaning up after a flood can be time-consuming and confronting. It can also be risky. Here’s what to keep in mind when you return home.
One woman has died, as floodwaters continue to rise from Townsville up to Cairns. An environmental geography expert explains what’s behind the floods – and what to watch in coming days.
Disaster recovery isn’t just about repairing bridges, roads and homes. Conservationists from the Smithsonian were on the ground in North Carolina helping families piece their lives back together.
If federal streamgages were bolstered by networks of cheaper monitors run by communities, the results could save lives.
Implementing effective flood management is challenging, partly because not all floods are the same.
Climate information services that warn of impending disasters need to be set up fast if African countries are to have a chance of minimising the damage caused by extreme weather.
The 1,000-ton rule states that a person is killed every time humanity burns 1,000 tons of fossil carbon. Minimizing the deaths caused by climate change should be a global priority.
Floods are common in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley north of Sydney. But trends in house prices show us buyers don’t fully grasp the risk
Insurance costs are rising quickly across much of the country. Hurricanes are part of the reason, but it’s the other perils common across the Midwest and Great Plains that complicate costs.
If you live in a flood-prone area, especially near the ocean, it’s important to know the risks if your EV is flooded. Or your golf cart, e-bike or other device with lithium-ion batteries.
Floods destroy health, transport, water and energy infrastructure, with dire consequences for vulnerable people.
Prisons and jails are difficult to evacuate when wildfires or storms approach. Many of these facilities lack evacuation plans and may keep incarcerated people on-site instead of moving them to safety.
Nigeria’s representative at COP29 must realise that an unimpressive outing will leave citizens more at the mercy of climate change impacts.
On land, Australia has already passed 1.5°C of warming, bringing lower streamflows, more fire weather and marine heatwaves.
New research on the European Little Ice Age in England has upended established narratives and provided a window into an era of climatic instability not too different from our own.
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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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Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Professor and Director of the Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University
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Professor of Sociology, Rice University
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Senior Research Associate, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
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Professor Emeritus of Risk Management and Insurance, Georgia State University
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