Words on Wednesday aims at promoting interesting/fun/exciting publications on topics related to Energy, Resources and the Environment. If you would like to be featured on WoW, please send us a link of the paper, or your own post, at ERE.Matters@gmail.com. *** Budiyono, Y., Aerts, J. C. J. H., Tollenaar, D., and Ward, P.: River flood risk in Jakarta under scenarios of future change, Nat. …[Read More]
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat: Predicting Flood Impact with Aqueduct Global Flood Analyzer
The Aqueduct Global Flood Analyzer of the World Research Insitute is a web-based interactive platform which measures river flood impacts by urban damage, affected GDP, and affected population at the country, state, and river basin scale across the globe. It aims to raise the awareness about flood risks and climate change impacts by providing open …[Read More]
The mysterious subsidence of the seafloor due to oil production – How to predict it with a simple model?
by Daniel Keszthelyi Physics of Geological Processes group at the Department of Physics, University of Oslo Over 40 years of oil production from the Ekofisk field caused the overlying seafloor to sink over 9 meters during the years and while there have been numerous researches on the topic; the clear understanding of what happens with …[Read More]