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.
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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.
Northern Rivers residents are preparing for Cyclone Alfred’s arrival – and drawing lessons from the 2022 floods.
One of Australia’s most valuable social surveys also found a record number of households have been affected by natural disasters.
Planting trees might make Freetown in Sierra Leone more resilient to climate change but it won’t end global warming. Only ditching fossil fuels can do that.
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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Senior Lecturer, Climate Science and Science Communication, 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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Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medical Science & Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute; Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, Adelaide 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, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Macquarie University
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Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Senior Research Fellow, The University Centre for Rural Health, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia