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Suzanne Hangx August 13, 2015

Can climate data help to better predict floods?

Many studies report that hydrologic regimes are modulated by large-scale modes of climate variability such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) or the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). Climate-informed frequency analysis models have therefore been proposed to condition the distribution of hydrologic variables on climate indices. However, standard climate indices may be poor predictors in som ...[Read More]

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Energy, Resources and the Environment

Words on Wednesday: River flood risk in Jakarta under scenarios of future change

Suzanne Hangx August 12, 2015

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. Hazards Ea ...[Read More]

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Energy, Resources and the Environment

Row, Row, Row Your Boat: Predicting Flood Impact with Aqueduct Global Flood Analyzer

Suzanne Hangx August 11, 2015

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 access to global flood risk data free of charge. Th ...[Read More]

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Energy, Resources and the Environment

Living with water: Floods in the Netherlands

Suzanne Hangx August 10, 2015

Rising sea levels due to climate change. Natural climatic cycles, like El Niño. Land subsidence due to fluid pumping. There are many reasons that can increase the risk of flooding of cities and other areas. We might not always be able to control it, but is there a way to better predict and prepare for it? I come from the Low Lands (Netherlands), and that means we are very close to water, living on ...[Read More]

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Seismology

Six Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Earth Systems (including seismology)

Matthew Agius August 4, 2015

Six new post-doctoral fellowships have been made available at the Instituto Dom Luiz (IDL), Lisbon, Portugal. IDL, an Associate Laboratory hosted by the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, is seeking 6 highly motivated post-doctoral fellows to integrate its research groups. IDL research covers broad range Earth System Science and its applications, in areas such as Meteorology, Climatology, ...[Read More]

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Energy, Resources and the Environment

Words on Wednesday: Effects of land use changes and soil conservation intervention on soil properties as indicators for land degradation under a Mediterranean climate

loveless July 29, 2015

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. *** Y. Mohawesh, A. Taimeh, and F. Ziadat: Effects of land use changes and soil conservation intervention on soil properties as indicators for l ...[Read More]

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Energy, Resources and the Environment

Words on Wednesday: Brief Communication – The dark side of risk and crisis communication: legal conflicts and responsibility allocation

Suzanne Hangx July 22, 2015

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. *** Scolobig, A.: Brief Communication: The dark side of risk and crisis communication: legal conflicts and responsibility allocation, Nat. Hazar ...[Read More]

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Atmospheric Sciences

Urban Climate

Dasaraden Mauree July 21, 2015

The 9th International Conference on Urban Climate and the 12th Urban Environment Symposium are taking place this week in the “Pink City” Toulouse. With the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) which will be held in December in Paris, the obvious focus topic for the urban climate conference is the mitigation and adaptation to climate change in urban environment. But, first of all, why should we even ...[Read More]

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Energy, Resources and the Environment

Booming Beijing: the impact of urban growth on local environment

Suzanne Hangx July 20, 2015

The global population is ever-growing. Cities are expanding at a rapid pace. A recent study by Mark Jacobsen of Stanford University and Son Nghiem of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory investigated the urban growth of Beijing, China (published on June 15th in the Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres). Their results showed that the city had quadripled in size in the span of a dec ...[Read More]

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Energy, Resources and the Environment

Need support? Check EGU Meetings Support for 2016

Suzanne Hangx July 16, 2015

Are you planning to host a meeting, workshop or training school, but need some support? Check out the EGU Meetings Support scheme for 2016. *** The EGU welcomes proposals for Topical Meetings, Training Schools and Workshops, as well as applications for EGU Sponsorship of External Meetings, for the year 2016.Successful proposals result in high profile EGU events with financial support. Proposals fo ...[Read More]