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Where the Weather Comes From [PDF]
, 2018 When Andreas Malm observed that “not even the weather belongs fully to the moment,” he was looking forward from 2016, considering the cumulative impact of present emissions on “generations not yet born.” The reverse is also true: present storms have ...
Vanek, Morgan
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Buyer beware: home insurance, extreme weather and climate change [PDF]
As climate change is mixing with natural variability to increase the risk of damage to Australian homes, this paper provides a snapshot of how the home insurance industry is responding to climate risk.
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Adapting to climate risks and extreme weather: guide for mining - minerals industry professionals [PDF]
Extreme weather events in Australia over recent years have highlighted the costs for Australian mining and mineral processing operations of being under-prepared for adapting to climate risk.
Corinne Unger, Damien Giurco, Leah Mason
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BMJ Public HealthIntroduction Sub-Saharan Africa (sSA) is undergoing an epidemiological transition, with non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs) rapidly becoming the leading cause of morbidity and mortality.
Aditya Mehta +5 more
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Heat waves, droughts, and preferences for environmental policy [PDF]
Using data from a new household survey on environmental attitudes, behaviors, and policy preferences, we find that current weather conditions affect preferences for environmental regulation. Individuals who have recently experienced extreme weather (heat
Conover, Emily +3 more
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Large-Scale Influences on Atmospheric River Induced Extreme Precipitation Events Along the Coast of Washington State [PDF]
Atmospheric Rivers (ARs) are responsible for much of the precipitation along the west coast of the United States. In order to accurately predict AR events in numerical weather prediction, subseasonal and seasonal timescales, it is important to understand
Bosilovich, Michael G. +2 more
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Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR)Agricultural production is highly dependent on weather conditions such as temperature, light, water and heat. The huge loss caused by extreme disaster weather makes the global insurance and reinsurance market overwhelmed, and seriously affects the ...
Cheng-yi Pu +3 more
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice based Study on Extreme Weather Events in Pakistan
NUST Journal of Social Sciences and HumanitiesClimate change is the global threat, and Pakistan is the eighth most affected country from the climate change. The study analyzes the status of knowledge, attitude and practice about extreme weather events among general population in Pakistan.
Aqsa Batool +2 more
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Does the weather affect stock market volatility? [PDF]
This paper investigates the empirical association between stock market volatility and investor mood-proxies related to the weather (cloudiness, temperature and precipitation) and the environment (nighttime length).
Daskalakis, George +2 more
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A Reinforcement Learning-Driven UAV-Based Smart Agriculture System for Extreme Weather Prediction
AgronomyExtreme weather prediction plays a crucial role in agricultural production and disaster prevention. This study proposes a lightweight extreme weather early warning model based on UAV cruise monitoring, a density-aware attention mechanism, and edge ...
Jiarui Hao +7 more
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