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When government responses to a natural disaster do not address the specific needs and vulnerabilities of women and girls, women tend to lose trust in the institutions.
Time-lapse animations that once took days to create are now easy to build with publicly available satellite images and free online tools.
Why the UN Refugee Convention should be updated to protect climate migrants.
Recognizing the challenges posed by climate-induced displacement is important. But officials must avoid rhetoric about displaced people that can fuel xenophobia.
Food, shelter and medical supplies are important but not the only things that help people get back on their feet.
The focus of efforts to save the lives of earthquake victims needs to shift to the emerging threats from disease and lack of clean water and shelter.
Turkey has repeatedly attempted to improve its earthquake preparedness. So what went wrong?
Texas wasn’t prepared to keep the lights on during Winter Storm Uri, and it won’t be ready for future cold weather unless it starts thinking about energy demand as well as supply.
Twitter was blocked in Turkey for about 12 hours at the height of rescue and relief efforts in the aftermath of a massive earthquake, severely hampering a vital tool for disaster response.
The window of survival after an earthquake is narrow and there are three top priorities for aid workers.
At least 1,700 people are thought to have died.
Using space imagery can help guide relief efforts to critical areas during a natural disaster.
A new neuropsychology study on California wildfire survivors found chronic cognitive problems in addition to anxiety and PTSD.
The majority of flood-related deaths involve vehicles in water. What if flood models could warn of the risks street by street using real-time storm forecasts? Machine learning can make it possible.
The Kimberley region of Western Australia is currently being devastated by flooding. Remote communities need more support with prevention and recovery plans.
A monster hurricane, destructive storms and a drought that disrupted businesses across the economy led the list of the year’s costliest disasters.
Mudslides start with destabilized land, often from wildfires, and then rain drives the cascading disaster.
Earthquakes originating underneath the ocean are often accompanied by tsunami warnings. Here’s what determines the tsunami risk.
Noxious smells and blowing ash initially made the homes unlivable. But even after their homes were cleaned, some residents still reported health effects months later.
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Honorary Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney
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Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL
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Professor Emeritus of Geography, Louisiana State University
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Education, Health and Behavior Studies, University of North Dakota
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Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University
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Scientia Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
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Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Professor of Earthquake Science, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University; United Nations University
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Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Associate Professor of Human Geography, University of Tasmania
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Principal Investigator FiRES Project (SNSF Consolidator Grant), ETH Zürich, Switzerland // Honorary Associate Professor, University of Wollongong, Australia.