Iceland, Hawaii and Italy have all tried to control lava to save cities in the past. A volcanologist explains the methods.
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An atmospheric scientist explains how rising temperatures are helping to fuel extreme storms, floods, droughts and devastating wildfires.
The North Queensland floods remind us of the need to build community resilience to disasters – during the event, in the immediate aftermath and beyond.
Iceland is known as ‘the land of fire and ice’ for a reason.
The US saw a record number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023, even when accounting for inflation. The number of long-running heat waves like the Southwest experienced is also rising.
The new $100 million Blackrock peacekeeping training facility in Fiji has high ambitions, but will need Australia’s ongoing support to succeed.
We rarely see good news headlines when a cyclone, earthquake or wildfire does not turn disastrous.
Iceland’s volcanic activity is generally tame compared with explosive eruptions along the Pacific’s Ring of Fire. This time, it’s shaking up a town.
A new study of Florida’s fiscal vulnerability to climate change finds that flooding directly threatens many local tax bases.
Like icy thermometers, glaciers overlying volcanoes shift according to temperature changes below.
Without refugee status people aren’t able to receive valuable support, like the right to live and work in a country.
Climate models suggest North Africa will get drier in future. But its caves tell a different story.
Alarmingly, about half the people exposed to wildfires in Washington and Oregon were those least able to afford to protect their homes, evacuate safely and recover.
A therapist shares advice for harnessing your stress over climate change and other environmental harms and putting it to work.
There are signs that the two rival governments are trying to work together in the disaster relief effort.
Even before Storm Daniel hit, Derna in Libya was in dire need of help. But it’s not always clear how best to help humanitarian organisations to deliver aid most effectively.
Research shows gender-based violence increases in the aftermath of disasters. Governments must incorporate ways of addressing it into their disaster response plans.
The combination of data and maps is useful for a lot more than just helping you get from point A to point B. Think natural disasters, global supply chains and climate change.
An expert in disaster law explains the steps for securing aid, what to do if everything is lost and the deadlines to watch.
Even ‘climate havens’ face a riskier future, and infrastructure often isn’t built to handle climate change. But there are steps cities can take to prepare.
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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.