Governments and the media remain focused on responding to disasters, not preventing or preparing for them. Here’s what must change — and will and won’t work — as Canada faces increased disaster risks.
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Researchers tracked power outages after 8 major storms to see how wealth corresponded to recovery time.
This powerful new eco drama suggests “cli-fi” could play a crucial role in climate communication.
Whether it’s pamphlets aimed at prevention or text alerts, mass communication is often relied on during disasters. This flawed approach can be improved by engaging meaningfully with communities.
Iceland, Hawaii and Italy have all tried to control lava to save cities in the past. A volcanologist explains the methods.
An atmospheric scientist explains how rising temperatures are helping to fuel extreme storms, floods, droughts and devastating wildfires.
The North Queensland floods remind us of the need to build community resilience to disasters – during the event, in the immediate aftermath and beyond.
Iceland is known as ‘the land of fire and ice’ for a reason.
The US saw a record number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023, even when accounting for inflation. The number of long-running heat waves like the Southwest experienced is also rising.
The new $100 million Blackrock peacekeeping training facility in Fiji has high ambitions, but will need Australia’s ongoing support to succeed.
We rarely see good news headlines when a cyclone, earthquake or wildfire does not turn disastrous.
Iceland’s volcanic activity is generally tame compared with explosive eruptions along the Pacific’s Ring of Fire. This time, it’s shaking up a town.
A new study of Florida’s fiscal vulnerability to climate change finds that flooding directly threatens many local tax bases.
Like icy thermometers, glaciers overlying volcanoes shift according to temperature changes below.
Without refugee status people aren’t able to receive valuable support, like the right to live and work in a country.
Climate models suggest North Africa will get drier in future. But its caves tell a different story.
Alarmingly, about half the people exposed to wildfires in Washington and Oregon were those least able to afford to protect their homes, evacuate safely and recover.
A therapist shares advice for harnessing your stress over climate change and other environmental harms and putting it to work.
There are signs that the two rival governments are trying to work together in the disaster relief effort.
Even before Storm Daniel hit, Derna in Libya was in dire need of help. But it’s not always clear how best to help humanitarian organisations to deliver aid most effectively.
Top contributors
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Honorary Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell
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Professor Emeritus of Geography, Louisiana State University
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Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL
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Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director, Security and Resilience Program, Northeastern University
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Associate Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Associate Professor of Human Geography, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University
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Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Sr. Associate Vice President for Research and Research Professor, University of Oregon
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SNSF-funded Research Professor, University of Bern
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor of Earthquake Science, The University of Melbourne
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Scientia Professor and Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney
