Severe wildfire is altering the natural and the built environment and posing risks to
environmental and societal health and well-being, including cascading impacts to water …

Despite the recent prevalence of severe drought, California faces a broadly
underappreciated risk of severe floods. Here, we investigate the physical characteristics of …

Societally relevant weather impacts typically result from compound events, which are rare
combinations of weather and climate drivers. Focussing on four event types arising from …

Wildfire is a sudden and highly destructive natural disaster that poses significant challenges
in terms of response and rescue efforts. Influenced by factors such as climate, combustible …

This article provides a stocktake of the adaptation literature between 2013 and 2019 to
better understand how adaptation responses affect risk under the particularly challenging …

Escalating wildfire activity in the western United States has accelerated adverse societal
impacts. Observed increases in wildfire severity and impacts to communities have diverse …

The recent upsurge in the occurrence of hydroclimatic extremes and their temporal swings
has led to severe consequences in many regions around the world. In this study, we …

The potential compounding behaviour of heatwaves and extreme rainfall have important
implications for a range of hazards, including wildfires and flooding, yet remain poorly …

The pursuit of sustainable development has become a prevalent goal in numerous
countries. Therefore, renewable energy development is deemed the prime alternative, as it …

Recent wildfire activity in semi-arid regions like western North America exceeds the range of
historical records. High-resolution paleoclimate archives such as stalagmites could …