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The new tool provides wave flooding predictions for West Maui

A new interactive mapping tool predicts coastal flooding in West Maui under various scenarios of sea-level rise and wave events for residents, property owners,...

Deforestation increases risk of flash flooding

A study has found that the frequency of thunderstorms in some African coastal cities has doubled in the past few decades. This has increased...

Professors call for more research into climate-change-related threats to civilization

An opinion piece published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences calls for more research into the specific pathways by which...

Vulnerable communities face a higher risk of socioeconomic injustice due to flood hazards

According to a new study published in Environmental Research, socially vulnerable groups are more susceptible to climate-change-caused flooding due to systemic disadvantages. The study also...

A new study finds environmental injustice is key to decoding the climate change debate

Researchers at the University of Miami's (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science discovered that Miami's history of environmental injustice was the...

Protecting our coastline: Researchers develop new model to better predict barrier island retreat

Storms, storm surge, waves, and flooding are all mitigated by barrier islands. They can act as a barrier between the ocean and property on...

Fiber optic sensing detects tremors from the Icelandic subglacial volcano

Researchers detected low-frequency volcanic tremor using a fiber optic cable on the ice cap of an Icelandic subglacial volcano, implying that this technology could...

4 buildings at the observatory in Arizona lost in a wildfire

A wildfire destroyed four non-scientific buildings at the Kitt Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson, but early indications show that other buildings on the...

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