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Neural network model helps predict site-specific impacts of earthquakes

Neural network model earthquakes early warning systems microtremors data soil conditions amplification factor Hiroshima University

2023-04-04

Abstract In disaster mitigation planning for future large earthquakes, seismic ground motion predictions are a crucial part of ea...
How this expert works ahead of the storm

Natural disaster Remote sensing technology

2023-04-04

Abstract Emergency specialist Rohini Sampoornam Swaminathan uses evolving mapping and remote-sensing technology to see risks like ...
‘Flash Droughts’Coming on Faster, Global Study Shows

Flash Droughts study

2023-04-04

Abstract AUSTIN, Texas — Just like flash floods, flash droughts come on fast — drying out soil in a matter of days to weeks. The...
Shrinking lakes on the Mongolian Plateau

Mongolian Plateau Landsat Lakes

2023-04-04

Abstract Lakes on the Mongolian Plateau are shrinking rapidly, according to researchers from Peking University and the Chinese Ac...
Tsunami Center for South China Sea becomes fully operational on World Tsunami Awareness Day

Tsunami South China Sea

2023-04-04

Introduction 6 November 2019 – The South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) became fully operational on 5 November, the W...
Modelling inundation to respond to tsunami threats: First training for the Pacific Islands takes place on the 10th anniversary of the 2009 Samoa tsunami

Modelling Inundation tsunami

2023-04-04

Introduction Nadi, Fiji, 30 September 2019 – The first training of the Tsunami Evacuation Maps, Plans and Procedures Programme (T...
European civil protection aligns with Sendai

European countries Sendai Framework Disaster Risk Reduction

2023-04-04

Introduction Brussels, 17 October 2019 - European countries have moved a step closer to aligning their civil protection agendas w...
Why Machine Learning Is Critical for Disaster Response

Machine Learning Disaster Response Prediction decision making

2023-04-04

Introduction It can help decision makers answer questions such as “When?” and “How bad?” —and “How many people are in harm’s way?”...
Critical Infrastructure including schools, health facilities and roads threatened by climate crisis

climate change Disaster Risk Reduction critical infrastructure

2023-04-04

Introduction GENEVA, 11 October 2019 – Climate change is contributing to increasing damage to critical infrastructure around the g...
Governments, smart data and wildfires: where are we at?

real-time data wildfire government Big data

2023-04-04

Different types of wildfires Did you know that wildfires occur naturally or can be started deliberately or by accident by humans?...

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