Scientists have identified 22 key research questions surrounding the risks associated with chemicals in the environment in Europe.
Environment
Jul 20, 2018
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A team of researchers at Delft University has found that while the number of floods across Europe over the past century and a half has increased, the number of resulting deaths has decreased, as have financial losses. In ...
With a death toll of more than 250,000 people, the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 was one of the most devastating disasters of recent history.
Earth Sciences
May 23, 2018
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A Dutch-Texan team found that most Houston-area drowning deaths from Hurricane Harvey occurred outside the zones designated by government as being at higher risk of flooding: the 100- and 500-year floodplains. Harvey, one ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 19, 2018
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Heatwaves are Australia's deadliest natural hazard, but a recent survey has found that many vulnerable people do not have plans to cope with extreme heat.
Environment
Jan 18, 2018
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As U.S. cities begin to plan to adapt to impacts from climate change, local decision makers face difficult choices about how to even get started.
Environment
Oct 11, 2017
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Forests in the mountain regions of our planet are fragile ecosystems, suffering from the impact of climate change. However, to survive in the long-term, these ecosystems do not need human intervention. It is rather the humans ...
Environment
Jul 14, 2017
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One out of three people in the world is exposed to earthquakes, a number which almost doubled in the past 40 years. Around 1 billion in 155 countries are exposed to floods and 414 million live near one of the 220 most dangerous ...
Environment
May 24, 2017
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Making wine is a tough job in most places, what with frost, hail, drought and bushfires to contend with.
Environment
Apr 26, 2017
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Wind engineer and 13th generation Floridian Forrest Masters knows how to ride out a hurricane. In fact, hurricanes have become his life's work. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Masters and a team at ...
Engineering
Feb 22, 2017
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