Natural Hazards

Archives / 2020 / March

Blog column – PICTURE YOUR RESEARCH!

Giulia Roder March 23, 2020

Working on natural hazards brings you to places (physically and virtually) you might never have discovered otherwise. You look at the world while asking questions about places, situations, relationships, and interactions of the natural processes surrounding you, inspiring your scientific potential. The Natural hazard Early Career Scientists Team is interested in your natural hazard research and wo ...[Read More]

Coping with ‘extremes’ – keep calm and fly…

Asimina Voskaki March 9, 2020

Tropical cyclones from above. Image credit: Wikilmages from Pixabay

When you read about climate extremes, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Probably not airport systems. However, you might have been affected at least once by delays, longer flights, or even flight cancellations due to low visibility, strong winds, convective activity which can lead to thunderstorms. Especially, if you reside in or have flown to or from the United Kingdom, the Netherl ...[Read More]