The Consortium for Capacity Building (CCB) serves as a Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador, advancing a global commitment to strengthening resilience in the face of climate variability and increasing hydro-meteorological risks. As an educational, […]
Michael H. Glantz (1) • Gregory E. Pierce (1)Springer – Download Article Here Accepted: 6 May 2021© The Author(s) 2021 Abstract Current discussions of the social phenomenon of ‘‘vaccine hesitancy’’ with regard […]
INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Feb 24, 2021 The water cycle over the Tibetan Plateau (TP), as known as “Asian Water Tower”, is vital to the regional and downstream […]
Currently many areas of New Zealand are experiencing severe drought. Could the impacts of drought have been minimized with an effective long-range warning system (LRWS)? Three-stage warning systems that conduct short, medium […]
Environment May 28, 2020 LONDON (Reuters) – Sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific remain neutral, meaning that neither El Niño nor La Niña weather patterns are prevailing, the U.N. World Meteorological […]
February 17, 2020 Jennifer Fitchett Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand Many parts of Kenya have been experiencing torrential rainfall for a couple of months now. This has resulted in floods and landslides. The […]
Why We Underprepare for Disasters Robert Meyer and Howard Kunreuther “The Ostrich Paradox boldly addresses a key question of our time: Why are we humans so poor at dealing with disastrous risks, and […]
