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.
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Extreme heat warnings can help change our dangerous relationship with hot weather.
Catastrophic floods in north-western Europe have shown how badly early warning systems can fail.
Other countries have developed and used alert level systems effectively in the management of COVID-19. So why is the UK struggling?
Local knowledge and awareness of the risks of tsunamis can better prepare people when disaster strikes.
The threat of any tsunami following an earthquake can take time to assess, so it’s important people who live in risk zones are ready for any event.
The sea straddles two tectonic plates and is lined by large towns and cities. We need to take the tsunami threat seriously.
Earthquakes could act as an early warning system for volcanic eruptions, according to new research. Researchers have found…
A magnitude 8 earthquake that struck today off the Solomon Islands is not a risk to Australia, but has destroyed three villages in the region and resulted in a tsunami with early reports of some deaths…
Top contributors
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Australian National University
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Honorary Professor of Tsunami Research, PANGEA Research Centre, UNSW Australia, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Post-doctoral Research Fellow of Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Science and Technology Studies, Director of the UCL Warning Research Centre, UCL
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PhD Candidate in Climate Change and Health, University of Reading
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Reader in Physical Geography and Natural Hazards, Coventry University
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PhD Researcher in Hydrometeorology, University of Reading
