On May 13, 2025, in Beijing, China, @Ryō shared a video of large hailstones falling from the sky. In the video, people are seen outside when a sudden hailstorm begins. The unexpected downpour ...

Abstract: Sudden-onset Earth’s surface anomalies, such as natural disasters and man-made incidents, pose severe threats to human life and property security, emphasizing the crucial role of accurate ...

In early 2023, in the wake of recent disasters, Eureka’s Turkish Chair proposed an initiative to reinforce disaster resilience through international collaborative innovation. Eureka’s network ...

Sudden-onset natural disasters, such as destructive earthquakes, pose significant threats to human life and property. The use of high-resolution remote sensing (HRRS) images for automated assessment ...

Computer scientists have created an artificial intelligence (AI) program that can predict the onset of catastrophic tipping points — and they want to use it to forecast ecological collapse ...

Since last year, when weather extremes in eight consecutive months broke all records making the year the hottest ever, sudden-onset disasters like hurricanes and floods, and slow-onset ones like ...

Rapid environmental assessments to identify the risks and impacts of large scale, technological, human-induced and/or sudden onset disasters resulting from natural hazards in order to prevent and/or ...

Thirdly, when the intensity of such extreme events is projected to increase with changing climate, and will be accompanied by severe socio-economic and physical impacts, it is pertinent to include ...