Climate change, natural disasters and community resiliency: Research roundup
2013 selection of recent research on the effects of climate change on the built environment and how individuals and communities can best adapt.
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State of the climate in America: 2012-13 data and research
2013 report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on the state of the climate of the continental United States for the year 2012.
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Have disaster costs increased due to climate change?
2011 metastudy by the Institute for Environmental Studies on peer-reviewed studies on economic losses from weather events and their potential connection to global warming.
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Genomic and physiological footprint of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on resident marsh fishes
2011 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the effects of oil exposure from the Deepwater Horizon disaster on gulf populations of killifish.
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Final report on the causes of BP’s Macondo Well blowout
2011 final report from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement on British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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Normalized hurricane damage in the United States, 1900-2005
2008 study in Natural Hazards Review analyzing storm-related property damage figures adjusted for inflation, wealth and population factors over time.
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Evolution of the U.S. tornado database, 1954-2003
2006 study by the American Meteorological Society on the history of tornado reports in the United States since 1954 and current tornado activity patterns.
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Oil and gas lease utilization: Onshore and offshore
2011 report by the Department of Interior based on data from the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy.
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Preventing wildfires: Effectiveness of fuel treatment in forests
2011 report from U.S. Forest Service on tree- and plant-thinning techniques used to reduce the chances of intense wildfires breaking out and spreading.
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Escaping affect: How motivated emotion regulation creates insensitivity to mass suffering
2011 study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology on levels of compassion for large groups of people in need.
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