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Hazards & Disasters
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Warming Oceans Are Making the Climate Crisis Significantly Worse
Humans have locked in at least 20 feet of sea level rise—can we still fix it?
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Landslides Mar the “Pearl of Africa”
Behind Uganda’s lavish beauty, climate change has taken its toll: Death, destroyed properties, and displaced communities increase as above-normal rainfall floods the country.
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Reading the Leaves to Track Environmental Hazards and Health
The USA National Phenology Network is small but mighty, helping scientists and resource managers assess natural hazards and seasonal phenomena that affect society in numerous ways.
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Using Satellite Data to Map Air Pollution and Improve Health
NASA scientists will be teaming up with epidemiologists in the agency’s first health-focused mission. With satellite data, they’ll find out how air pollution affects health in cities around the world.
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Sediment Mismanagement Puts Reservoirs and Ecosystems at Risk
Current regulations and reservoir management practices impede efforts to deal with sediment accumulation behind U.S. dams. New approaches are needed to improve reservoir sustainability.
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Migrant Workers Among the Most Vulnerable to Himalayan Disasters
Critics say companies are failing to develop adequate emergency procedures to protect construction workers on hydropower plants in the Himalayas.
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Extreme Rainfall Statistics May Shift as U.S. Climate Warms
Precipitation data and high-resolution modeling suggest that extreme rainfall events under a changing climate will be shorter, more intense, and more widely spread out.
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Upward Lightning Takes Its Cue from Nearby Lightning Events
Lightning in a thunderstorm changes the electromagnetic field in a way that sparks upward lightning from tall structures.
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Descifrando las causas de la actividad de los huracanes en el pasado
Registros individuales de paleohuracanes extraídos de los sedimentos de islas azotadas por tormentas no muestran una clara influencia del clima en la frecuencia de los huracanes en el último milenio.