Climate Crisis and the Post-Normal Science perspective
Climate science has made significant progress in recent years in understanding the causes and consequences of climate change. However, despite this progress, there are still significant limitations to what can be known and accomplished through the scientific method alone. In order to overcome these limitations, it is necessary to turn to other disciplines, such as […]
The December Drought Bulletin by Drought Observatory
The year 2022 turned out to be a year of climatic extremes. It was amongst the hottest, probably the hottest year for the central-western European and central Mediterranean countries: nine out of twelve months recorded positive anomalies, and the summer was characterized by extremes including an intense heatwave, drought, record temperatures, extreme heat stress and […]
Crue Guinéenne du fleuve Niger de décembre 2022
Le Fleuve Niger à Niamey connaît au cours du mois de décembre 2022 une montée des eaux due à la crue guinéenne, qui est la resultante des apports venants du haut bassin de la Guinée en passant par le Mali. A la date du 9 novembre 2022 le niveau du fleuve a dépassé la cote […]
Flood Risk Assessment and Forecasting: the inter-disciplinary dialogue
Flood Risk is a physical event that has an impact on our lives and on our societies. Which are the different perspectives to assess flood risk? Which is the contribution of sociology to the field of flood risk assessment?
Climate Crisis: not a breaking news for UK journalism
“It reads like a summary of the year so far: drought in Europe, floods in Pakistan, and a high-pressure system ‘stuck’ in the North Atlantic, disrupting normal weather patterns. And scientists blaming it all on climate change.” It is not a quote from a recent article in The Guardian, but it dates back to 1978. […]
Cop27 Outcomes: failure or progress?
What are the key outcomes of the COP27? UN Secretary-General Guterres’ own words are very clear about the results of this COP27. “We need all hands on deck for faster, bolder climate action. A window of opportunity remains open, but only a narrow shaft of light remains… We are getting dangerously close to the point […]
CNR IBE Seminar: Flood Risk Assessment and Forecasting
CNR-IBE will hold the Flood Risk Assessment and Forecasting Seminar on the 12th of December 2022 at Area della Ricerca in Florence. In the meeting researchers and experts will take part to discuss the topic from different points of view: how to manage flood risk assessment when information available is scarce, which are the tools […]
Some Don’t Like It Hot
November 2022 has just started, and the high temperatures of October are just another record-shattering event after a hot and dry summer. Is it good news?
Learning Drought Basics
During the summer of 2022, we experienced extreme temperatures and water shortages. A droughty summer affected not only Italy but also the 64% of EUROPEAN UNION, as shown in the map by Copernicus Global Drought Monitoring. Credit: European Union, Copernicus Emergency Management Service According to the EU’s environmental programme Copernicus, the 2022 drought may […]
Data Viz and the narrative of data
In the media, we often hear speakers talking about the “Data Deluge”, “Big Data”, and the “World of Data”. As a matter of fact, digital transformation has brought us the advent of the Data Age. But data are not intelligible at a glance. So as human beings are visual creatures the best way to communicate […]
