Flood events in coastal cities are on the increase. The trend is usually blamed on rising sea levels and extreme weather events, caused by anthropogenic climate change. While water levels are rising, some cities are also sinking. And human activity may partly be to blame. Urban subsidence can be caused by soil drainage, construction projects, or the extraction of groundwater, oil, gas and coal. Su ...[Read More]
GfGD at EGU 2014 – ‘Hazards Education in the Himalaya’ Talk Reminder
In Session NH9.8 TOMORROW (Tuesday 29th April) Rosalie Tostevin will be talking about GfGD’s hazards education project in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, Northern India. (Please feel free to copy and share this image via Twitter/Facebook)
European Geosciences Union – General Assembly 2014 (Part 5) – Natural Hazards Discussion
If you’re coming to the EGU General Assembly, and interested in natural hazards, we highly recommend this opportunity to join a discussion session related to the broad theme of ‘Natural Hazards Education, Communications and the Science-Policy-Practice Interface.‘ You can register to give a 2 minute ‘pop-up’ talk and find out more information here.
European Geosciences Union – General Assembly 2014 (Part 4)
A couple of weeks ago we outlined the ways in which we will be participating in the EGU General Assembly taking place in Vienna next week. We’re currently asking a few of the GfGD team who are attending to give us an outline of the sessions that caught their eye and to tell us more about their roles at the event. Joel Gill ( KCL PhD Student / GfGD Director) “EGU is always a highlight ...[Read More]