The geosciences need practitioners who possess an ethical conscience and the desire to
act responsibly. Ethically responsible geoscientists will achieve success and satisfaction by …

Many decision problems have more than one objective that need to be dealt with
simultaneously. Risk, Reliability and Maintenance (RRM) are contexts in which decision …

The seventh edition of Environmental Hazards provides a much expanded and fully up-to-
date overview of all the extreme environmental events that threaten people and what they …

Despite major advancements in knowledge on disaster risks and disasters caused by
natural hazards, the number and severity of disasters are increasing. Convolving natural …

The highly infectious SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus has resulted in a global pandemic.
More than a hundred million people are already impacted, with infected numbers expected …

Recent advances in solar‐driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) have led to high evaporation
rates that open promising avenues for practical utilization in freshwater production and …

The impacts of climate change are becoming more widespread across the world, with hydro-
meteorological extreme events on the rise, causing severe threats to nature and …

In the context of climate change and rapid urbanization, urban pluvial floods pose an
increasing threat to human wellbeing and security in the cities of China. A valuable aid to …

Multi-hazard risk perception is an emerging research topic that has been gaining more and
more interest since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, due to the unprecedented …

Shallow coal seam with thick soil layer is widely reserved in the Jurassic Coalfield, Western
China, mining-induced subsidence represents complex characteristics. Combining with …