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Abstract Health systems worldwide need to be adapted to cope with growing numbers of migrants and to climate-exacerbated morbidity. Heatwaves, water stress, desertification, flooding, and sea level rise are environmental stressors that increase morbidity, mortality, and poor mental health in…...
Abstract In coastal areas, intrusion/irrigation with seawater can threaten biodiversity along with crop yields, and the leaching of salts from areas affected by these processes can increase the salinity of water bodies nearby. The aims of this study were to…...
Fernández-Montblanc, T., Vousdoukas, M.I., Ciavola, P., Voukouvalas, E., Mentaschi, L., Breyiannis, G.,
Feyen, L., Salamon, P., 2019. Towards robust pan-European storm surge forecasting. Ocean Model. 133,129–144. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2018.12.001 Highlights A surge-tidal, unstructured grid model for pan-European Storm Surge Forecasting. Satisfactory validation…...
Among other highlights, this edition finds that: More than 820 million people in the world were still hungry in 2018, underscoring the immense challenge of achieving the Zero Hunger target by 2030. Hunger is on the rise in almost all…...
Grillakis, M.G., 2019. Increase in severe and extreme soil moisture droughts for Europe under climate
Sci. Total Environ. doi:10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2019.01.001 Highlights This study found indications about reduction in future soil moisture for Europe under RCP2.6 and RCP6.0. It was found…...
The Summit of the Two Shores (“Sommet de 2 Rives”) is an Initiative of the French Republic to strengthen ties between the two shores of the Mediterranean. It was held on 24 June 2019 in Marseille (France) and brought the…...