Natural Hazards

Disentangling the complexity of multi-(hazard-)risks: conversations with Marleen de Ruiter, the EGU NH Division 2024 Early Career Scientist Award Winner

Silvia De Angeli April 29, 2024

Collage of photos by Jose Antonio Gallego Vazquez (on the left) and Philip Flores (on the right) on Unsplash

Marleen de Ruiter is Assistant Professor at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research focuses on multi- and consecutive disasters, improving modeling capabilities and understanding of multi-hazard risk and assessing the potential adverse impacts of Disaster Risk Reduction measures across different hazards. She manages the Myriad-EU project, co-leads ...[Read More]

Ready for EGU24?

Navakanesh M Batmanathan April 8, 2024

EGU General Assembly 2016 Active Planet (image credit: Kai Boggild, distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Hey there, fellow earth enthusiasts! Are you ready to dive into EGU24? If so, grab your virtual or physical backpacks because we’re about to embark on a journey that’s bound to be as enlightening as it is exhilarating. With its diverse program offering discussions and networking opportunities, EGU24 promises to be an enriching experience. Whether you’re a seasoned participant or a newcomer, ...[Read More]

A symphony of uncertainties: exploring the interplay between climate hazards and human societies

Asimina Voskaki March 25, 2024

Photo credit: Engin Akyurt (Pixabay Licence)

Climate hazards are manifestations of the Earth’s complex climatic systems. As natural events, they have always occurred, yet changes in the global climate increase the frequency and intensity of extremes and their impact on the built environment and people. Predicting the nature, scale, and location of climate hazards and their complex interplays with anthropogenic factors is not a straightforwar ...[Read More]

“Studying earthquakes is a great opportunity to learn every day a lot about many different fields of earth sciences” Yann Klinger- Stephan Mueller Medalist-2024

Shreya Arora March 11, 2024

Since 1900, the total number of casualties resulting from earthquakes is estimated to be around 1 billion lives (Dyvik, 2023) (Image by Tumisu, Pixabay licence)

Hi Yann, first of all, congratulations on the Stephan Mueller Medal, and it is my pleasure to interview you!! To all my readers, the Stephan Mueller Medal is one of the prestigious medals awarded for exceptional contributions to tectonics and structures by the European Geosciences Union (EGU). Dr Yann Klinger wears many hats, he is a seismologist who studies recent and past earthquakes and is al ...[Read More]