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Smoke from Western wildfires can influence Arctic sea ice, researchers find

wildfires Arctic sea ice

2023-04-04

Abstract New CU Boulder research finds that the presence of clouds—or lack thereof—caused by the smoke of wildfires thousands of...
Desert climate overtaking more of Central Asia

Central Asia Desert Climate

2023-04-04

Abstract Rising annual temperatures and dwindling yearly precipitation across the mid-latitudes of Central Asia have extended it...
Afghanistan quake kills 1,000 people, deadliest in decades

Afghanistan Earthquake

2023-04-04

Abstract GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck a rugged, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednes...
New tool helps withstand hybrid and cascading risk scenarios

Hybrid risks New tool

2023-04-04

Recent events – such as cyberattacks cascading into health systems and compromising patient lives through attacks on healthcare mo...
Typhoon Lekima: 28 dead and a million evacuated in China

dead Typhoon

2023-04-04

At least 28 people have been killed and more than a million forced from their homes as Typhoon Lekima hit China, according to stat...
UNDRR urges disaster management agencies to prioritize biological hazards

biological hazards disaster management agencies

2023-04-04

Introduction GENEVA, 12 March, 2020 - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori...
With one in five learners kept out of school, UNESCO mobilizes education ministers to face the COVID-19 crisis

COVID-19 crisis school

2023-04-04

Introduction In response to a surge in school and university closures to contain the spread of COVID-19, UNESCO on Tuesday conven...
Sendai Framework disaster loss data released to mark 5th anniversary

disaster losses framework

2023-04-04

Introduction GENEVA, 18 March 2020 – A UN effort to improve reporting on disaster losses by UN member States has been made public...
Military rescue operations underway after deadly Sichuan quake

Jiuzhaigou

2023-04-04

"CHENGDU -- Ground and air forces from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Western Theater Command are carrying out relief operatio...
WHO launches new social media campaign against COVID-19

COVID-19 WHO Social Media

2023-04-04

Introduction The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday that it's launching a new social media campaign called ‘Be...

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