#multihazards

When multiple hazards interact and the data doesn’t: The multi-hazard modelling problem nobody wants to talk about

Pablo Lopez Filun June 15, 2026

Image credit: ChatGPT (Open AI)

There is a quiet contradiction at the heart of natural hazard science. The regions most exposed to multi-hazard events are precisely the regions where we know the least. The Global South (comprising lower- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean) is disproportionately affected by climate-related natural hazards, yet it is largely underrepresented in climate res ...[Read More]

How is earthquake-driven sea-level rise changing our coasts?

Navakanesh M Batmanathan July 14, 2025

Mangroves stand strong against rising sea levels to protect our shorelines (image credit: Anirban Mukhopadhyay, distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Coastal regions have always been at risk from natural hazards, but now, there’s an added layer of complexity. Earthquakes, which cause the land to move up or down, can significantly affect sea levels, especially in regions already experiencing the effects of climate change. Earthquakes can alter coastlines in ways that we’re still trying to understand, and it’s clear that tectonically active areas ...[Read More]

The Blatten landslide in Switzerland

Christophe Lambiel June 11, 2025

View on the Blatten landslide from downstream, with the Lonza river finding its way through the landslide (03 June 2025) (Image credit: Christophe Lambiel)

In the morning of May 28, 2025, the picturesque Swiss alpine village of Blatten sat quiet and serene in the Lötschen Valley. Exceptionally quiet, in fact, as the village was evacuated on May 19th after a local Natural Hazards expert spotted a worrisome change in a local mountain looming about the village, the Kleines Nesthorn: it was collapsing faster. The Kleines Nesthorn is a 3,341-meter peak wi ...[Read More]