Satellite data play a crucial role in disaster assessment and response. Meeting expanding demand requires not only accelerated data processing but increased collaboration with responders.
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How Volcanologists Can Improve Urban Climate Resilience
City-level strategies to cope with climate change can benefit from the insights of volcano scientists, who have long customized hazard information and communications for local communities.
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Seemingly Simple Climate Adaptation Strategy Could Backfire
Reflecting sunlight can protect a neighborhood from scorching temperatures, but surrounding neighborhoods could suffer as a result.
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The Five States Where Environmental Ballot Initiatives Triumphed
Across the country, voters approved spending billions of dollars on climate resilience and conservation.
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COP29: Charting a Course to Climate Action
Countries, communities, and individuals share strategies to navigate the effects of climate change at the United Nations’ annual climate conference.
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Ordinary Policies Achieve Extraordinary Climate Adaptation
Consistently implementing zoning, permitting, and building regulations, all commonplace municipal tools, helped most New Jersey towns avoid floodplain development.
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Mega El Niño May Have Led to Major Mass Extinction 252 Million Years Ago
The extreme climate conditions wrought by a decades-long ENSO pattern could be the culprit in the Great Dying, which wiped out nearly 90% of life on Earth.
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Universities and Nonprofits Build Community Climate Resilience
A 2022 grant cycle funded partnerships between nonprofit organizations and researchers to mitigate climate hazards in underserved communities. A new study looks at lessons learned from the ventures.
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Cloud Brightening Could Have Unintended Effects in a Warming World
New research shows that though marine cloud brightening holds potential to temporarily reduce heat stress regionally, the technique has unpredictable and far-reaching outcomes.
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Navigating the Rapid Rivers of Policy
Scientific data and shared commitments help define new approaches to water management and science communication.