In the 04/08/2025 edition:
News: How do mangroves protect coastal communities from extreme weather?
By Context on Apr 07, 2025 05:50 pm
Facing climate and human threats, mangroves protect communities from storms, erosion and flooding.
News: The crucial role of damage surveys in tornado science
By Scientific American, a Division of Nature America, Inc. on Apr 07, 2025 05:26 pm
Damage surveys provide crucial information about when, where and how strong U.S. tornadoes are to better understand disaster risk
News: Extraordinary March heatwave in Central Asia up to 10 °C hotter in a warming climate
By World Weather Attribution on Apr 07, 2025 04:30 pm
In March 2025, Central Asia experienced an unusually intense heatwave, with temperatures reaching record highs across the region. Research finds that climate change made the extreme heat about 4 °C hotter and about 3 times more likely.
News: New satellite data shows NZ’s major cities are sinking – meaning rising seas will affect them sooner
By Conversation Media Group, the on Apr 07, 2025 04:06 pm
New research finds that the coastlines near all major cities in New Zealand are sinking a few millimetres each year, with some of the fastest rates in coastal suburbs of Christchurch, where the land is still adjusting to the impact of the 2011 earthquake.
News: Soil conditions significantly increase rainfall in world’s megastorm hotspots
By UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology on Apr 07, 2025 01:56 pm
The new study shows that a large contrast in soil moisture levels over a range of hundreds of kilometres results in atmospheric changes that increase rainfall area and amount, from 10 to 30%, in several megastorm hotspots globally.
News: Three ways American cities can become more flood-resilient and beautiful
By Yale Climate Connections on Apr 07, 2025 11:41 am
There are several strategies U.S. cities can put in place to become more resilient. As a bonus, implementing these strategies can also make cities more beautiful and community-oriented – and in most cases, are also financial no-brainers.
News: Did climate change supercharge the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ storm pummeling the central US?
By Grist Magazine on Apr 07, 2025 11:25 am
A relentless storm is unleashing floods and tornadoes. Here’s how a warmer atmosphere and a simmering Gulf of Mexico could be making it worse.
News: Exposure to wildfire smoke linked with worsening mental health conditions
By Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on Apr 07, 2025 11:11 am
Exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke was associated with increased visits to emergency departments (ED) for mental health conditions, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
News: Industrial resilience to climate disasters: Evidence from Ecuador
By VoxDev/ CEPR on Apr 07, 2025 10:51 am
Evidence from Ecuador suggests that natural disasters have important but short-lived impacts on production and market conditions in developing countries that vary depending on firm differences in efficiency.
News: ‘Doom loops’ are accelerating climate change – but we can break them
By Conversation Media Group, the on Apr 07, 2025 07:27 am
The need to cool ourselves, and briefly escape the consequences of climate change, is driving more climate change. Thankfully, there are ways to break these cycles and form greener habits.
News: Implementation update: Landmark public-private insurance scheme for Smallholder Horticulture Farmers launched in Uzbekistan
By Insurance Development Forum on Apr 04, 2025 12:24 pm
New agricultural insurance products have been launched today tailored for smallholder horticulture farmers in Uzbekistan. The insurance covers six key crops across five region to aid climate-vulnerable horticulture farmers.
News: One-month earthquake forecast for western Myanmar following the devastating magnitude 7.7 Mandalay shock
By Temblor on Apr 04, 2025 11:58 am
Temblor’s short-term forecast suggests that between now and May 1, between 1 and 4 shocks greater than or equal to magnitude 4.0 are expected — fortunately a low rate. Much larger shocks are possible, but unlikely.
News: Lightning strike: the AI model that predicts wildfires
By Bar-Ilan University on Apr 04, 2025 11:41 am
Scientists from Bar-Ilan University’s Department of Computer Science help crack the code behind lightning-induced wildfires—offering a powerful new weapon in the fight against climate change.
News: Thames Barrier future closure numbers tool
By United Kingdom – government on Apr 04, 2025 11:33 am
How adaptive planning approaches are being used to prepare the Thames Estuary for rising sea levels and changing river flows.
News: Study reveals significant decline in Northern Hemisphere vegetation resistance to flash droughts over the past 20 Years
By Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences on Apr 04, 2025 11:31 am
The study provides new insights into how climate change is reshaping vegetation resilience and underscores the need for proactive measures to mitigate flash drought impacts.
News: Scientists present new ML tool for improved fire prediction
By European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on Apr 04, 2025 11:21 am
Scientists have developed a new tool for improved wildfire prediction using machine learning (ML). The collection and integration of higher-quality data can significantly improve the accuracy and reliability of wildfire predictions.
News: Resilience and innovation: Advancing early warnings in Sudan and South Sudan
By World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Apr 04, 2025 11:02 am
Amidst immense challenges, both Sudan and South Sudan are making significant progress in strengthening their early warning systems, demonstrating resilience, innovation, and the power of digital transformation in weather and climate services.
News: Consecutive El Niños are happening more often and the result is more devastating – new research
By Conversation Media Group, the on Apr 04, 2025 10:54 am
Every few years, the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean seesaws between warm (El Niño) and cold (La Niña) phases. In recent decades, these climate patterns are lingering more often than ever before, which is amplifying their destructive potential.
News: Pacific Prepared Podcast: Recalling the panic and fear from 2016 cyclone Winston helped one Fijian resident protect herself and her family
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Apr 04, 2025 10:32 am
Reliving the memories of tropical cyclone Winston in Fiji from 2016 and how that natural disaster changed the way people think about preparedness.
News: Rising waters: How manufacturers should approach flood preparation
By Industry Dive on Apr 04, 2025 09:51 am
As climate change increases the threat of extreme weather, manufacturers must have the proper infrastructure and insurance policies to protect employees and facilities against the risk of flooding.
News: AI improves seasonal predictions of extreme tropical Atlantic events
By Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici on Apr 04, 2025 09:20 am
New research led by CMCC researcher Marie-Lou Bachèlery, harnesses the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to predict extreme Atlantic Niño and Benguela Niño events up to 3 months in advance.
News: Global experts meet in Sendai, Japan, to bridge knowledge and technology gaps in disaster risk reduction
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Kobe Office on Apr 03, 2025 05:13 pm
Experts from around the world met in Sendai for a workshop on the sidelines of the World Bosai Forum, to explore how emerging and disruptive technologies can reshape disaster risk reduction and resilience-building, particularly in the Global South.
News: Southern Ocean warming leads to wetter East Asia, Western US
By Cornell University on Apr 03, 2025 12:22 pm
As global temperatures warm, the Southern Ocean – between Antarctica and other continents – will eventually release heat absorbed from the atmosphere, leading to projected long-term increases in precipitation over East Asia and the Western US.
News: New U.S. coastal risk map and analysis
By Climate Central on Apr 03, 2025 12:18 pm
Climate Central’s Coastal Risk Finder provides maps and analysis of the people, homes, and land at risk from worsening coastal flooding driven by rising seas in the contiguous U.S.
News: Glass water defence passes test in Delta Flume
By Deltares on Apr 03, 2025 12:04 pm
Deltares recently completed a successful test on a glass water defence which will soon be installed in the village of Belfeld in the Dutch province of Limburg.
News: Power outages put diabetes patients at risk
By Yale Climate Connections on Apr 03, 2025 11:57 am
Insulin pumps and glucose monitors often rely on having a source of electricity, making planning essential.
News: Weathering change: Resilient infrastructure in the Caribbean
By Climate Investment Funds on Apr 03, 2025 11:46 am
Starting in 2011, CIF partnered with six countries, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St Lucia, St Vincent & The Grenadines, on resilience programming that resulted in helping more than three and a half million people cope with chronic weather impacts.
News: Hunga volcano eruption cooled, rather than warmed, the Southern Hemisphere
By University of California, Los Angeles on Apr 03, 2025 11:14 am
A new UCLA-led study shows that the 2022 eruption of underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai did not warm the planet as was expected but actually reduced temperatures over the Southern Hemisphere by 0.1 C.
News: Lingering El Niño events are becoming more common: Study uncovers 7,000-year trend
By PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd on Apr 03, 2025 10:38 am
An international team of geoscientists, marine geologists, climatologists, and environmental specialists has found that lingering El Niño events have increased in frequency over the past 7,000 years.
News: Schools and communities can help children bounce back after distressing disasters like the LA wildfires
By Conversation Media Group, the on Apr 03, 2025 09:51 am
Rebuilding after a disaster is about restoring a sense of security for families, especially children. Much is needed to respond consequences of the wildfires for children and discussion of the unique challenges they face surrounding disasters.
News: Big banks quietly prepare for catastrophic warming
By Scientific American, a Division of Nature America, Inc. on Apr 03, 2025 09:17 am
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement’s 2 degree C goal and are examining how to maintain profits
News: GNDR member spotlight: PREDES
By Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction on Apr 03, 2025 09:14 am
PREDES, a Peruvian NGO, builds community resilience through disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation. Projects like the Kawsaypacha initiative in Cusco blend ancestral knowledge with science to address floods, droughts, and local vulnerabilities.
News: Financial Inclusion Unlocked Podcast: How parametric insurance is protecting communities in Fiji against cyclones and flooding
By SIJ Media on Apr 02, 2025 04:17 pm
As communities in Small Island Developing States experience these challenges firsthand, climate risk insurance is emerging as a potential tool to help families and local businesses recover more quickly and build resilience.
News: Weather-related losses, firms’ fixed asset management, and the role of government support
By VOXEU/ CEPR on Apr 02, 2025 04:00 pm
This column uses unique firm-level data on extreme weather losses in 40 countries to show that firms are more likely to acquire fixed assets following such events, and tend to do so by leasing rather than purchasing.
News: Digging up local history to update the culture of disaster preparedness
By Kobe University 神戸大学 on Apr 02, 2025 03:45 pm
Professor MATSUSHITA Masakazu leads the division promoting regional cooperation in education at the Office for Promoting Regional Partnership, and his activities are focused on making it easier for residents to be aware of past disasters.
News: The tectonic link: What Myanmar’s earthquake teaches Kashmir
By Kashmir Observer on Apr 02, 2025 03:42 pm
The devastation in Myanmar is related to the tectonic story of this region. Kashmir is part of this convergence belt, which is why it is directly connected to this devastation and must learn from it.
News: Can fiscal policy help countries face extreme-weather shocks?
By World Bank, the on Apr 02, 2025 03:39 pm
This blog emphasizes the critical role of fiscal policy in helping countries prepare for, respond to, and recover from extreme weather events.
News: United for Strength: UN Laureate Glenn Banaguas leads climate smart and disaster resilient ASEAN for Myanmar and Thailand
By Wazzup Pilipinas on Apr 02, 2025 03:18 pm
The Climate Smart and Disaster Resilient ASEAN goes beyond providing immediate relief. It equips communities with the tools, knowledge, and strategies to rebuild stronger and adapt to climate and disaster-related challenges.
News: Predicting potential hunger crises
By Action Against Hunger International on Apr 02, 2025 03:05 pm
Action Against Hunger is working to identify the early warning signs of rising hunger and malnutrition.
News: With drying springs, Kashmir losing its water resource and culture
By Ground Report on Apr 02, 2025 03:03 pm
The Kashmir Himalayas are blessed with thousands of freshwater springs. However, in the last two decades, studies show that a significant number of these water sources have either disappeared or shrunk significantly.
News: Gliding avalanches: the great unknowns
By WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF on Apr 02, 2025 02:57 pm
Using sensors, SLF researchers have collected data directly beneath gliding avalanches for the first time. This will allow them to better determine the timing and extent of a gliding avalanche.
News: UNDRR partnership with Standard Chartered prompts resilient infrastructure deal to tackle $2 trillion climate impacts
By Standard Chartered Bank on Apr 02, 2025 02:51 pm
Standard Chartered announces completion of first adaptation finance deal for a corporate client following launch of the breakthrough Guide for Adaptation and Resilience Finance, developed in partnership with UNDRR.
News: Protecting communities from epidemics in Kyrgyzstan’s rural north
By International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on Apr 02, 2025 02:22 pm
In the mountainous region of Talas, northern Kyrgyzstan, Red Crescent volunteers are leading the way to detect disease outbreaks early and keep their communities healthy and safe.
News: 1 in 8 Californians live in the most dangerous wildfire zones
By Grist Magazine on Apr 02, 2025 07:40 am
After the L.A. fires, updated hazard maps show “we are living in a new reality of extremes.”
DRR Community Voices: Reducing risk-taking in disasters: Practical solutions for safer choices
By Nicole West-Hayles on Apr 01, 2025 10:13 pm
When extreme weather events strike, why do some people disregard official warnings and take apparently unnecessary risks?
News: Lessons from the Myanmar earthquake: Disaster preparedness
By Los Angeles Times on Apr 01, 2025 08:31 pm
Weak building codes and years of government unrest appear to have contributed to the devastation from the magnitude 7.7 Myanmar earthquake, a leading seismic safety expert in the region said.
News: Scientists explain why Myanmar quake was so deadly
By Agence France Presse on Apr 01, 2025 08:26 pm
Experts say that the devastating earthquake in Myanmar on Friday was likely the strongest to hit the country in decades, with disaster modeling suggesting thousands could be dead.
News: Study shows groundwater gains in Arizona yet climate risks still threaten water supply
By The University of Texas at Austin on Apr 01, 2025 08:11 pm
A combination of water management practices has contributed to notable groundwater gains in Central Arizona despite the region dealing with long-term water stress, according to a study.
News: Meta AI framework for catastrophe prevention: Improved landslide susceptibility prediction
By Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) on Apr 01, 2025 08:05 pm
Researchers from the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), together with international partners, have developed a new framework that significantly improves landslide prediction using machine learning methods.
News: Official launch of an innovative insurance product to protect Togolese municipalities from flooding
By InsuResilience Solutions Fund on Apr 01, 2025 04:07 pm
The municipalities of Kloto 1, Golfe 1, and Golfe 7 in Togo have officially signed an innovative insurance policy aimed at strengthening their resilience against flooding.
News: WHOI oceanographers investigate southern Brazil’s catastrophic flooding
By Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Apr 01, 2025 04:02 pm
A new study led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) uses satellite data to help uncover what caused the deluges that hit Rio Grande do Sul in 2024 and examine how it impacted some of the state’s most vulnerable residents.
News: Nuclear monitoring system suggests landslide cut off internet in West Africa
By Seismological Society of America on Apr 01, 2025 03:50 pm
Hydroacoustic signals captured by the world’s international nuclear monitoring system suggest an underwater landslide may have broken communications cables and disrupted internet traffic in west African countries for several weeks in March 2024.
News: Research exposes challenges in flood evacuation planning
By University of Canterbury on Apr 01, 2025 03:49 pm
New UC research has highlighted the underestimated relevance of water velocity in flood evacuation planning, a danger highlighted by the flooding in Valencia in 2024.
News: Moody’s helps MAIF enhance its understanding of climate risks
By Moody’s Investors Service on Apr 01, 2025 03:42 pm
Mutual insurer MAIF (Mutuelle assurance des Instituteurs de France) is strengthening its climate risk modeling capabilities with access to a comprehensive suite of Moody’s high-definition risk models.
News: Global warming of more than 3°C this century may wipe 40% off the world’s economy, new analysis reveals
By Conversation Media Group, the on Apr 01, 2025 03:27 pm
The damage climate change will inflict on the world’s economy is likely to have been massively underestimated, according to new research which accounts for the full global reach of extreme weather and its aftermath.
News: Oslo Forum elevates financing for disaster risk reduction to a global priority
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Apr 01, 2025 03:19 pm
The urgent need to close the global financing gap for disaster risk reduction took center stage at a high-level forum held in Oslo from 25 to 26 March, hosted by Norway with the support of UNDRR.
News: Extreme weather and climate impacts bite Latin America and Caribbean
By World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Apr 01, 2025 02:29 pm
Dying glaciers, record-breaking hurricanes and wildfires, debilitating drought and deadly floods scarred the socio-economic landscape of Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024, according to WMO.
News: New study validates lower limits of human heat tolerance
By University of Ottawa on Apr 01, 2025 02:10 pm
A study from the University of Ottawa’s Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit (HEPRU) has confirmed that the limits for human thermoregulation—our ability to maintain a stable body temperature in extreme heat—are lower than previously tho
News: 2024 Vanuatu earthquake triggered rapid insurance payout for emergency response
By Temblor on Apr 01, 2025 01:27 pm
Much of the world lacks earthquake insurance, but when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Vanuatu, the Pacific island nation was protected.
News: How the failure of two dams amplified the Derna Flood tragedy
By The Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Apr 01, 2025 01:17 pm
A new study reveals that the devastating 2023 flood in Derna, Libya, was not merely the result of extreme rainfall but was drastically intensified by a major design shortcoming and its resulting collapse of two embankment dams.