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Hurricane Ida: Resources for Journalists
Disaster experts around the Columbia Climate School are available to answer questions from the media about hurricane physics, the role of climate change in creating strong storms, and more.
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Warfare, Not Climate, Is Driving Resurgent Hunger in Africa, Says Study
A 2009-2018 analysis of 14 countries teases out the factors behind reversals in food security. Conflict, not drought, is behind much of it.
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Populations Exposed to Flooding Growing Much Faster Than Thought, Says Study
Human migration and increasing inundations are causing more people to be vulnerable.
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Wildfires Are Decimating the West and Choking the East — It’s Time for Solutions
Unlike other natural disasters, wildfires endanger the health and well-being of populations near and far.
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Task Force Presents Advice to U.S. on Climate and Global Migration
Experts call for vastly expanded U.S. programs to aid displaced people.
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Searching for Faults From Afar
Researchers are using ocean-bottom and land-based seismometers to record the R/V Marcus Langseth’s soundings from afar, to better understand the potential impacts of large earthquakes in the Cascadia region.
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Collecting More Than Just Seismic Data Along the Cascadia Fault
While researchers search for a megathrust fault off the Pacific Northwest coast, they are also helping to map the seafloor in high resolution and detect underwater methane seeps.
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New Study Helps to Explain ‘Silent Earthquakes’ Along New Zealand’s North Island
Underwater mountains may help to dampen movements along faults that otherwise have the potential to generate large earthquakes.
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Seismic Data on Deck: Sounding for the Cascadia Megathrust Fault
Using sound and a 7.5-mile-long streamer towed behind the boat, scientists can collect a tremendous amount of data from under the seafloor.
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