A landslide forced me from my home – and I experienced our failure to deal with climate change at first hand

The climate policies I research aren’t working – as I found out the hard way.

Ralitsa Hiteva, Research Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex • conversation
April 10, 2024 • ~7 min

In Chile, huge wildfires have killed at least 131 people – but one village was almost untouched

This was no ‘natural disaster’. There are lessons to learn from areas that survived the fires.

Yasna Palmeiro Silva, Research Fellow, Institute for Global Health, UCL • conversation
Feb. 8, 2024 • ~6 min

We rarely hear about the disasters that were avoided – but there’s a lot we can learn from them

We rarely see good news headlines when a cyclone, earthquake or wildfire does not turn disastrous.

Gareth Byatt, Visiting Lecturer, Risk Management, UNSW Sydney • conversation
Nov. 23, 2023 • ~8 min

'Many sleepless nights': why scientists who predict landslides are under enormous pressure

Satellites can detect land moving by just a few millimetres, but we can never be sure exactly how or when a slope will slide.

Dave Petley, Vice Chancellor and Professor of Geography, University of Hull • conversation
Nov. 17, 2023 • ~7 min

Turkey-Syria earthquakes: a seismologist explains what has happened

At least 1,700 people are thought to have died.

Jenny Jenkins, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University • conversation
Feb. 6, 2023 • ~6 min

Turkey-Syria earthquake: a seismologist explains what has happened

At least 1,700 people are thought to have died.

Jenny Jenkins, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University • conversation
Feb. 6, 2023 • ~6 min

Turkey-Syria earthquake: a seismologist explains what just happened

At least 1,700 people are thought to have died.

Jenny Jenkins, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University • conversation
Feb. 6, 2023 • ~6 min

Extreme storms and flood events cause damage worth billions to ports -- and they are most disruptive to small island developing states

Natural disasters cause billions in damage to ports around the world each year.

Jasper Verschuur, DPhil Student, University of Oxford • conversation
Jan. 17, 2023 • ~6 min

Millions of UK homes are at risk of flooding – here's how to protect yourself if you live in one of them

Six things you can do to help keep you and your home safe.

Paul Hudson, Lecturer in Environmental Economics (Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation), University of York • conversation
Feb. 24, 2022 • ~5 min

Report from Europe's flood zone: researcher calls out early warning system gridlock amid shocking loss of life

Catastrophic floods in north-western Europe have shown how badly early warning systems can fail.

Jeff Da Costa, PhD researcher in Environmental Science at the University of Reading & PhD Fellow at RSS-Hydro, University of Reading • conversation
July 16, 2021 • ~5 min

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