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Newswise: Ready for risk: FAMU-FSU researcher maps flood hazards in Bay County, Florida
Released: 5-Jun-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Ready for risk: FAMU-FSU researcher maps flood hazards in Bay County, Florida
Florida State University

A new study by Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf, a researcher at the Resilient Infrastructure and Disaster Response Center in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, will map infrastructure and assets that are threatened by flooding in Bay County, Florida.

Newswise: Cheap and effective monitoring of glacier discharge
Released: 23-May-2023 12:05 AM EDT
Cheap and effective monitoring of glacier discharge
Hokkaido University

Acoustic signals can be effectively used for monitoring glacial runoff and provide a cheaper and more accessible alternative to existing methods.

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Released: 15-May-2023 2:20 PM EDT
Commentary in Science: Europe’s Old Forests at Risk
University of Vermont

Walking along a steep ridge, under large hemlock trees, ten miles outside of Burlington, Vermont—Bill Keeton is worrying about Europe’s remaining old forests. He’s so concerned, in fact, that he and some colleagues wrote a letter to the journal Science—published on May 5, 2023—calling for rapid action to protect them.

Released: 15-May-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Socio-economic development on the West African coast is a key factor for increasing flood risks
Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD)

Anthropogenic factors on the West African coast are contributing more than global climate change to the rapid increase in vulnerability and flood risks in the region.

Released: 12-May-2023 3:30 PM EDT
Immigration Nation: Research and Experts
Newswise

Title 42, the United States pandemic rule that had been used to immediately deport hundreds of thousands of migrants who crossed the border illegally over the last three years, has expired. Those migrants will have the opportunity to apply for asylum. President Biden's new rules to replace Title 42 are facing legal challenges. Border crossings have already risen sharply, as many migrants attempt to cross before the measure expires on Thursday night. Some have said they worry about tighter controls and uncertainty ahead. Immigration is once again a major focus of the media as we examine the humanitarian, political, and public health issues migrants must go through.

       
Newswise: Salt marshes protect the coast – but not where it is needed most
Released: 10-May-2023 1:45 PM EDT
Salt marshes protect the coast – but not where it is needed most
University of Groningen

Salt marshes provide multiple ecosystem services, one of those is protection of the coast against flooding. This is especially important in low-lying countries like the Netherlands.

Newswise: Broad Climate Change Concern in Florida Linked With Recent Extreme Weather
Released: 10-May-2023 8:30 AM EDT
Broad Climate Change Concern in Florida Linked With Recent Extreme Weather
Florida Atlantic University

An increasing number of Floridians agree that human actions are causing climate change, including a record number of Florida Republicans. Virtually all respondents (90 percent) believe climate change is happening, with 65 percent attributing the causes to human actions, including 49 percent of GOP voters. Belief in and concern about human-caused climate change appears to be translating into support for policies to reduce emissions and reduce impacts. The explanation for this emerging consensus may be grounded in people’s lived experiences with weather events.

Newswise: New tools to combat Chicago’s changing climate
Released: 5-May-2023 1:45 PM EDT
New tools to combat Chicago’s changing climate
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne and Northeastern Illinois University launched instruments to measure Chicago’s changing climate. These sensors are the first for the Argonne-led Urban Integrated Field Laboratory called Community Research on Climate and Urban Science (CROCUS).

Newswise: How Argonne makes the power grid more reliable and resilient
Released: 21-Apr-2023 4:00 PM EDT
How Argonne makes the power grid more reliable and resilient
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne National Laboratory helps secure the nation’s energy future through innovative methods of deeply understanding the complexities of the electric power system.

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Released: 21-Apr-2023 3:10 PM EDT
TRANSCRIPT AND VIDEO AVAILABLE Live Event for April 21: Sleeping pill reduces levels of Alzheimer’s proteins
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Researcher will discuss the study which involved a sleeping aid known as suvorexant that is already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for insomnia, hints at the potential of sleep medications to slow or stop the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

       
Released: 20-Apr-2023 4:25 PM EDT
Conservation: Sea level rises could threaten sea turtle breeding grounds
Scientific Reports

Sea level rises could lead to the flooding of sea turtle breeding grounds in Australia, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and the USA, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. The findings suggest that flooding could contribute to the loss of turtle nesting sites and that leatherback turtle nests may be particularly vulnerable.

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Released: 20-Apr-2023 8:30 AM EDT
FAU, Virtual Planet and City of West Palm Beach Unveil Groundbreaking Virtual Reality Experience
Florida Atlantic University

The multidisciplinary team created a virtual simulation of the devastation that a Category 5 hurricane and sea level rise could have on West Palm Beach. The simulation, produced with 3D technology, reveals the destruction that could occur in Osprey Park and the surrounding communities, highlighting the threat to the coastline and potential solutions for coastal areas.

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Released: 18-Apr-2023 8:35 PM EDT
Biological invasions as costly as natural disasters
CNRS (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique / National Center of Scientific Research)

By invading new environments, some alien species have caused disastrous consequences for local species and ecosystems, as well as for human activities – damage to infrastructure, crops, forest plantations, fishing yields, health and tourism. The areas affected are multiple and the damage is costly.

Newswise: Warming climate will affect streamflow in the northeast
Released: 17-Apr-2023 7:40 PM EDT
Warming climate will affect streamflow in the northeast
Dartmouth College

A new Dartmouth study provides insight into how changes in precipitation and temperature due to global warming affect streamflow and flooding in the Northeast. The findings are published in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association.

Newswise: Come Health or High Water
Released: 13-Apr-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Come Health or High Water
University of Pittsburgh

Historically oppressed communities are faced with compounded health, economic and social injustices – with climate change making them worse.

   
Newswise: The 2022 Durban floods were the most catastrophic yet recorded in KwaZulu-Natal
Released: 11-Apr-2023 5:00 PM EDT
The 2022 Durban floods were the most catastrophic yet recorded in KwaZulu-Natal
University of the Witwatersrand

The disastrous flood that hit Durban in April 2022 was the most catastrophic natural disaster yet recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) in collective terms of lives lost, homes and infrastructure damaged or destroyed and economic impact.

Newswise: Stopping Storms from Creating Dangerous Urban Geysers
6-Apr-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Stopping Storms from Creating Dangerous Urban Geysers
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

In Physics of Fluids, researchers develop a computational model of stormwater piping to study storm geysers. They used this model to understand why storm geysers form, what conditions tend to make them worse, and what city planners can do to prevent them from occurring.

Released: 29-Mar-2023 4:50 PM EDT
Facing floods, non-white homeowners prepare, protect property
Cornell University

In flood-prone areas of New York state, non-white homeowners are more likely than white homeowners to take active, sometimes-costly measures – such as finding a way to protect a furnace, a water heater or installing a sump pump – to prepare for a possible deluge, according to a new Cornell University study.

Released: 28-Mar-2023 1:15 PM EDT
SMART warnings could protect communities at risk from flooding
University of Birmingham

Engaging communities in developing a real-time early warning system could help to reduce the often-devastating impact of flooding on people and property – particularly in mountainous regions where extreme water events are a ‘wicked’ problem, a new study reveals

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Released: 24-Mar-2023 2:30 PM EDT
Framework helps local planners prepare for climate pressures on food, energy & water systems
Marine Biological Laboratory

As the world faces increasingly extreme and frequent weather events brought on by climate change – such as droughts, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires – critical civic resources such as food, water, and energy will be impacted.

Released: 23-Mar-2023 9:50 AM EDT
Housing plays key role in disaster preparedness
Ohio State University

Researchers focus a lot of attention on how disasters such as hurricanes and floods affect people’s housing in the United States. But a new national study found that housing is also important before disasters happen: People with homes not meeting federal quality classifications and those who are housing insecure tend to be less prepared to face natural calamities.

Newswise: The world’s atmospheric rivers now have an intensity ranking like hurricanes
Released: 9-Mar-2023 7:20 PM EST
The world’s atmospheric rivers now have an intensity ranking like hurricanes
American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Atmospheric rivers, which are long, narrow bands of water vapor, are becoming more intense and frequent with climate change.

Newswise: Pioneering study shows flood risks can still be considerably reduced if all global promises to cut carbon emissions are kept
2-Mar-2023 6:05 AM EST
Pioneering study shows flood risks can still be considerably reduced if all global promises to cut carbon emissions are kept
University of Bristol

Annual damage caused by flooding in the UK could increase by more than a fifth over the next century due to climate change unless all international pledges to reduce carbon emissions are met, according to new research.

Released: 3-Mar-2023 6:15 PM EST
Sea level rise poses particular risk for Asian megacities
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

Sea level rise this century may disproportionately affect certain Asian megacities as well as western tropical Pacific islands and the western Indian Ocean, according to new research that looks at the effects of natural sea level fluctuations on the projected rise due to climate change.

Released: 7-Feb-2023 4:45 PM EST
As extreme weather events become more often and intensify, the number of people and places exposed to flooding events is likely to grow
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

As extreme weather events become more often and intensify, the number of people and places exposed to flooding events is likely to grow.

Newswise: Rapid plant evolution may make coastal regions more susceptible to flooding and sea level rise, study shows
Released: 26-Jan-2023 3:05 PM EST
Rapid plant evolution may make coastal regions more susceptible to flooding and sea level rise, study shows
University of Notre Dame

Evolution has occurred more rapidly than previously thought in the Chesapeake Bay wetlands, which may decrease the chance that coastal marshes can withstand future sea level rise, researchers at the University of Notre Dame and collaborators demonstrated in a recent publication in Science.

Released: 25-Jan-2023 2:10 PM EST
Worst impacts of sea level rise will hit earlier than expected
American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Current models of sea level rise suggest the most widespread impacts will occur after sea level has risen by several meters. But a new study finds the biggest increases in inundation will occur after the first 2 meters (6.6 feet) of sea level rise, covering more than twice as much land as older elevation models predicted.

Released: 12-Jan-2023 11:05 AM EST
Using machine learning to help monitor climate-induced hazards
Ohio State University

Combining satellite technology with machine learning may allow scientists to better track and prepare for climate-induced natural hazards, according to research presented last month at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union.

Released: 4-Jan-2023 6:45 PM EST
How climate change impacts the Indian Ocean dipole, leading to severe droughts and floods
Brown University

With a new analysis of long-term climate data, researchers say they now have a much better understanding of how climate change can impact and cause sea water temperatures on one side of the Indian Ocean to be so much warmer or cooler than the temperatures on the other — a phenomenon that can lead to sometimes deadly weather-related events like megadroughts in East Africa and severe flooding in Indonesia.

Newswise: Surf, Sand and Seaweed: The latest breakthroughs in Marine Science
Released: 4-Jan-2023 1:40 PM EST
Surf, Sand and Seaweed: The latest breakthroughs in Marine Science
Newswise

Here are some of the latest articles that have been added to the Marine Science channel on Newswise, a free source for media.

Newswise: Americans Flocking to Fire: National Migration Study
5-Dec-2022 5:00 AM EST
Americans Flocking to Fire: National Migration Study
University of Vermont

Americans are leaving many of the U.S. counties hit hardest by hurricanes and heatwaves—and moving towards dangerous wildfires and warmer temperatures, says one of the largest studies of U.S. migration and natural disasters. These results are concerning, as wildfire and rising temperatures are projected to worsen with climate change. The study was inspired by the increasing number of headlines of record-breaking natural disasters.

   
Newswise: Low-cost sensor records the level of rivers
Released: 23-Nov-2022 11:35 AM EST
Low-cost sensor records the level of rivers
University of Bonn

Researchers at the University of Bonn have developed a method that allows the water level of rivers to be monitored around the clock.

Newswise: ETRI develops a 'K-Guard' app that protects daily safety
Released: 22-Nov-2022 8:30 AM EST
ETRI develops a 'K-Guard' app that protects daily safety
National Research Council of Science and Technology

ETRI has developed a smartphone app that informs citizens’ daily lives of various safety hazards in real-time, such as flooding, fire, and disappearance.

Released: 15-Nov-2022 3:35 PM EST
Dam safety: New study indicates probable maximum flood events will significantly increase over next 80 years
University of Melbourne

The flood capacity of dams could be at greater risk of being exceeded, due to out-of-date modelling for potential maximum rainfall, according to industry-funded research by UNSW and the University of Melbourne.

Released: 14-Nov-2022 10:05 AM EST
FEMA’s home buyout program weighted in bureaucracy, lacks equity
Cornell University

As climate change threatens residential areas, a longtime federal home buyout program – designed to eliminate risk to people and property – has become bureaucratically inaccessible and inequitable, according to researchers at Cornell University.

   
Released: 10-Nov-2022 9:40 AM EST
Urgent need to address climate-related losses and damages
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

With COP27 underway in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the subject of climate-related losses and damages is once again expected to take center stage.

Released: 7-Nov-2022 12:45 PM EST
The Paris Agreement – better measurement methods needed
Linkoping University

The Paris Agreement says that we should reduce the emission of greenhouse gases to limit the rise in global temperature to 2 degrees Celsius.

Newswise: Deep Learning Underlies Geographic Dataset Used in Hurricane Response
Released: 1-Nov-2022 12:50 PM EDT
Deep Learning Underlies Geographic Dataset Used in Hurricane Response
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Over the past seven years, researchers in ORNL’s Geospatial Science and Human Security Division have mapped and characterized all structures within the United States and its territories to aid FEMA in its response to disasters.

Released: 31-Oct-2022 5:50 PM EDT
Flood Modeling Framework Reveals Heightened Risk and Disparities in Los Angeles
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Oct. 31, 2022 – Flood risk in Los Angeles is vastly larger than previously indicated by federally defined flood maps, and low-income and marginalized communities face a significantly higher threat, according to a study led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine. The findings are the product of a recently developed high-resolution flood modeling platform that can assess risk every 10 feet across the 2,700-square-mile expanse of the Greater Los Angeles basin.

Newswise: Timely study on rising groundwater offers hope for drought-stricken East Africa
Released: 19-Oct-2022 5:05 AM EDT
Timely study on rising groundwater offers hope for drought-stricken East Africa
University of Bristol

New research indicates better groundwater supply management could hold the key to help combat the impact of climate change in East Africa, where countries are currently facing the worst drought and food insecurity in a generation.

Released: 18-Oct-2022 2:05 PM EDT
A new comprehensive assessment of ocean warming highlights future climate risks
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

A research study just published in Nature Reviews provides new information about how much the planet has warmed and what warming we may expect in the coming decades.

Released: 13-Oct-2022 3:05 PM EDT
Seismic sensing reveals flood damage potential
University of Göttingen

Rapidly evolving floods are a major and growing hazard worldwide. Currently, their onset and evolution is hard to identify using existing systems.

Released: 12-Oct-2022 2:05 AM EDT
Rising sea levels mean rising groundwater—and that spells trouble for coastal septic systems
Geological Society of America (GSA)

Sea-level rise and big storms are hammering coastal communities, causing increased flooding and land loss, saltwater intrusion, wetland loss/change, and impacts to local infrastructure.



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