Counteracting Urban Heat Island Effects in a Global Climate Change Scenario
Edited by Francesco Musco This book Fosters decision support systems for effective long-term urban planning to mitigate and reduce urban…
The Weather of the Future
Authored by Heidi Cullen This book offers a new way of viewing the climate-change phenomenon, not as some future event…
Fatal Isolation: The Devastating Paris Heat Wave of 2003
Authored by Richard C. Keller Fatal Isolation tells the stories of heat wave victims and the catastrophe that took their…
Heat Island Effect & Green Roof
Heat Island Effect: Heat islands are urbanized areas that experience higher temperatures than outlying areas. Structures such as buildings, roads,…
Preventing and Managing Heat Waves & Launching the May 2022 issue of Know Disasters Magazine
Dear Friends & Colleagues, Know Disasters Magazine invites you to launch its latest issue in the webinar on Preventing and…
Global Warming ‘Could Reach 40c by the End of This Century’ After COP26 Fell Short of its Aims, Say Experts
Researchers from the University of Exeter and the Met Office analysed worldwide policies and found that on the “current trajectory”…
2021 Tied for Sixth Warmest Year in Continued Trend, Nasa Analysis Shows
Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2021 tied with 2018 as the sixth warmest on record, according to independent analyses…
Sixth Mass Extinction of Wildlife Accelerating
According to a recent analysis, the sixth mass extinction of wildlife on Earth is accelerating. More than 500 species of…
Tsunami from Tonga Volcano Eruption Leaves Trail of Flood Damage
Tsunami waves caused by an undersea volcano have flooded the Pacific Island country of Tonga, where entire towns are inundated…
Thailand’s New Early Warning Technology to Protect 70 Million from Disasters
A new early warning and hazard monitoring system, ThaiAWARE, will provide advanced decision support capabilities to Thailand’s disaster managers, protecting…
