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Making the Sustainable Development Goals a reality

Dr Guy Schumann, CEO and Principal Scientist at RSS-Hydro Sarl-S, argues that more businesses need to include the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in their...

Drone usage in flood science and beyond

Drone usage has increased greatly in many sectors over the last ten years. Dr Guy Schumann, CEO of RSS-Hydro, analyses the adoption of drone...

The volume of glacial lake has increased by 50% since 1990

Researchers using 30 years of NASA satellite data have conducted the largest-ever study of glacial lakes. The team found that the global volume of...

The Floods Directive: adapting to the future risk of flooding

European Commission’s Directorate-General for the Environment, discusses how flood risk management helps us understand the future risk of flooding and how to adapt to...

Innovative flood disaster response and mitigation through PPPs

For many years, public-private partnerships have been gaining increasingly more interest around the world, especially in the flood disaster response sector. Now more than ever,...

The importance of trust and regulation in flood disaster response

Scientific products must become a trusted and authoritative source to better assist flood disaster response at a global level. It is human nature to help...

Scientists use optical fibres to conduct seismic monitoring of glaciers

The Swiss National Science Foundation have developed a new method of conducting the seismic monitoring of glaciers using optical fibres. Glaciers are constantly moving, and...

How can Big Data help combat catastrophes?

Researchers from Cornell University have led the effort to use Big Data to combat catastrophes by identifying the risk factors for events such as...

RSS-Hydro: Innovating the fight against global floods

Dr Guy Schumann, CEO of RSS-Hydro, spoke to Innovation News Network about the most efficient and effective way of fighting floods at a global...

Transport infrastructure resilience and statistical modelling

Meet the Southern Austrian consulting company specialising in statistical modelling techniques to shore up the resilience of transport infrastructure. Did you know PEC - Petschacher...

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