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Asimina Voskaki

My name is Asimina Voskaki, and I am a Doctoral Researcher working on analysing climate risk in an airport context. I am a geologist with an MSc in environmental planning and an MRes in airport environmental strategy assessment and water management efficiency. I am passionate about climate resilience and using my skills to support organisations to prepare for, mitigate the impact and recover from the effects of climate change.

Understanding and assessing hydrological extremes, a discussion with Alberto Viglione

March 13, 2023
Photo credit: Image by Dean Moriarty from Pixabay (Pixabay License)
Photo credit: Image by Dean Moriarty from Pixabay (Pixabay License)

Extreme hydrological events affect billions of people worldwide, and their negative impacts will likely increase due to climate change, urbanisation and ageing infrastructure. Further understanding of hydrological extremes and societal responses to floods is critical in mitigating flood risk and creating better urban environments. In today’s interview, we talk with Prof. Alberto Viglione. Al ...[Read More]

Getting to know NH11: Climate Hazards, the new EGU Natural Hazards Sub-Division

December 5, 2022
Getting to know NH11: Climate Hazards, the new EGU Natural Hazards Sub-Division
Photo credit: Image by 0fjd125gk87 from Pixabay (Pixabay licence)

Earlier this year, the EGU Natural Hazards Division launched a new sub-division dedicated to climate hazards. In today’s interview, Dr Steven Hardiman, a Senior Research Scientist at the Met Office (UK) and the Science Officer of this new sub-division, will share some insights about NH11 and its future development.   Hi Steve, and congratulations on your new role! Please tell us about your ca ...[Read More]

Climate change: let’s talk about adaptive capacity

October 3, 2022
Climate change: let’s talk about adaptive capacity
Global warming (Photo credit: Pete Linforth from Pixabay - Pixabay licence)

The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, “there is nothing permanent except change”. We are living in an epoch where constant change is the new normal. Unquestionably, climate change is one of the most significant challenges of our time. How can we shape our thinking to become more agile to change, and what attributes do organisations and societies need to increase their cap ...[Read More]

Getting to know Anne Mangeney 2022 Sergey Soloviev Medal

March 21, 2022
Getting to know Anne Mangeney 2022 Sergey Soloviev Medal
Icebergs floating in the ice fjord near Ilulissat, Greenland (photo credit: Steffen Seitz, distributed via Imaggeo)

In today’s interview, we talk with Anne Mangeney, Professor of Geosciences at the Paris Diderot University. Anne has been awarded the 2022 Sergey Soloviev Medal. This medal is awarded for outstanding scientific contributions in fundamental research that improves our knowledge of basic natural hazards principles and research that assesses and leads to the proper mitigation of natural hazards ...[Read More]