When we talk about disasters, we often default to the language of nature. We describe storms as "unprecedented," floods as ...

An ad hoc committee will organize a 1.5-day public workshop to advance medical and public health research conducted during large-scale emergencies and disasters (“disaster science”) to benefit the ...

2020 MAY 14 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Japan Daily Report -- Current study results on Science - Disaster Risk Science have been published. According to news reporting ...

CLIMATEWIRE | For two decades, scientists have been getting better and faster at investigating the links between individual weather events and climate change. They can now analyze everything from heat ...

Researchers train AI to accurately recognize addresses and other location descriptions in Hurricane Harvey social media posts. A little over a year since its launch, ChatGPT's abilities are well known ...

If you’re conducting scholarly research in disaster science, you can expect to spend weeks or months reading the related studies others have published and analyzing their significance to your own work ...

Landslides can cause devastating damage and can harm and kill people. These disasters arise from a variety of conditions all around the world, making them hard to predict and prepare for. Kamal Rana, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. By 2030, the world may be experiencing around 560 disasters, ranging ...

Editor’s Note (12/22/20): This story has been updated to reflect new records set through the November 30 end of the hurricane season. This year has been a standout year for all the wrong reasons, ...

Philadelphia Fire Department personnel carry residents of the River Walk apartments to safety at 22nd andArch streets after they were trapped by flood waters. Credit: Emma Lee/WHYY Hurricane Ida ...