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Natural Catastrophes
City Resilience
Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Spain
Landslides : towards more efficient mitigation measures
A hybrid numerical method to model a complex multi-physics phenomenon To develop a performant computational tool for landslide simulation, Dr.... Read more
Alessandro
FRANCI
International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Natural Catastrophes
Post-Doctoral Fellowship
United Kingdom
Post-ERuption Incision of Landscapes (PERIL)
The first-ever coupled volcanic deposition and landscape evolution model to assess secondary volcanic hazards To develop and calibrate his landscape... Read more
Byron
ADAMS
School of Earth Sciences
City Resilience
Climate Change
Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Spain
Are cities properly preparing for climate change?
Photo: Zarautz, Basque Country (Spain), February 2014. Photo by Asier Aranzadi Adapting adaptation investment to climate-related risks With this in... Read more
Marta
OLAZABAL
BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change - Klima Aldaketa Ikergai
Terresterial Biodiversity
Climate Change
Post-Doctoral Fellowship
France
How will climate change impact pollination ?
Many flowers produce a scent. This scent is a mixture of molecular compounds released by the flower into the atmosphere.... Read more
Coline
JAWORSKI
Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie
Climate Change
Post-Doctoral Fellowship
United Kingdom
Small-scale weather events have a substantial cost too
insurance claims related to water-related weather events, like rainfall and snow-melt », Dr. Rohrbeck explains. « Current statistical models exhibit... Read more
Christian
ROHRBECK
Lancaster University
Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Italy
Earthquake resilience : towards safer buildings
Helping building safer buildings and improving existing ones The project’s preliminary missions will indeed consist of a series of experiments.... Read more
Maria Teresa
DE RISI
Polytechnic School of Base Science - Faculty of Engineering
Climate Change
Post-Doctoral Fellowship
United Kingdom
Investigating the stability of ice shelves to assess Antarctica's future Sea Level Rise contribution
Evaluating the stabilising role of suture zones on Antarctic ice shelves Indeed, to evaluate the probability of the collapse of... Read more
Sarah
THOMPSON
Geography College of Science Swansea University
Natural Catastrophes
Post-Doctoral Fellowship
France
Preventing avalanches and snow-melt related floods by improving forecasting systems
"Accurately representing snowpack evolution over large areas is a challenging task because each method and technology has its limitations", explains... Read more
Jesus
REVUELTO
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Natural Catastrophes
Joint Research Initiative
France
Increasing the reliability of seismic loss estimates to help decision-making
Bridging the gap between the geoscience and loss assessment communities To supplement this important step towards better quantification of uncertainties... Read more
Hélène
LYON-CAEN
Ecole Normale Supérieure
City Resilience
Climate Change
AXA Award
South Africa
How Cities Can Better Adapt to Droughts in the Context of Climate Change
Project Outcome Summary After three years of extreme drought, it became clear that Cape Town was not equipped to deal... Read more
Gina
ZIERVOGEL