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Scientists use AI and underwater microphones to detect tsunamis and earthquakes

Artificial intelligence Natural disasters earthquakes

2023-04-28

Abstract An early warning system for tsunamis and underwater earthquakes - powered by artificial intelligence - has been develope...
FY-3G meteorological satellite, the first precipitation measurement satellite of FY-3 series, successfully lifted off

Climate change meteorological satellite precipitation measurement

2023-04-28

Abstract At 9:36 a.m. on April 16, a Long March-4B rocket blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China...
Shift to ‘flash droughts’ as climate warms

flash droughts climate warms

2023-04-28

Abstract ‘Flash droughts’ have become more frequent due to human-caused climate change and this trend is predicted to accelerate ...
NASA-Funded Study to Improve Mapping, Predictability of Landslides

remote sensing machine learning

2023-04-28

Abstract Netra Regmi, hazards geologist for the Oklahoma Geological Survey at the University of Oklahoma, is leading a study fund...
Global Climate Change Impact on Crops Expected Within 10 Years, NASA Study Finds

Global Climate change Agricultural production Global Food Security

2023-04-06

Abstract Climate change may affect the production of maize (corn) and wheat as early as 2030, according to a new NASA study. Conte...
Three academic papers from the team of Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service of IKCEST have been published

DRRKS IKCEST academic paper

2023-04-06

Introduction Three academic papers from the team of Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service (DRRKS) of IKCEST have been publishe...
Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service of IKCEST undertake the “Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service” workshop of International Conference on Silk-roads Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development

International Conference Silk-roads Disaster Risk Reduction Sustainable Development Beijing

2023-04-05

“Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service” workshop, the session 22 of the International Conference on Silk Roads Risk Reduction ...
Major fires an increasing risk as the air gets thirstier, research shows

Fire atmospheric water

2023-04-04

Abstract Greater atmospheric demand for water means a dramatic increase in the risk of major fires in global forests unless we ta...
Google's AI-Based Flood Forecasting System Is Saving Lives In India Here's How

riverine floods artificial intelligence food forecasting machine learning System India

2023-04-04

Abstract According to United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, 79,732 people were killed by 321 natural disasters like...
New UN tool maps floods since 1985 to street level, will aid disaster planning, especially in Global South

Remote sensing Global South World Flood Mapping Tool

2023-04-04

Abstract Developed by UN University with Google and other partners, free online World Flood Mapping Tool will help plan urban and...

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