Domestic Preparedness has posted an article summarizing a report prepared for the Counter Terrorism Preparedness Network that explores threat assessment and management programs from 50 cities in 11 countries across the globe. After analyzing the different contexts through surveys and interviews, the report identified nine notable practices that any threat manager could find valuable:
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate is about a year into a five-year effort to find solutions to help extend the life of dams in the face of natural disasters and climate change. Some of the solutions involve using fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs) to provide a structural boost and building in sensors for effective surveying and monitoring.
Smart Water Magazine has written an article on a study conducted by researchers led by the Vienna University of Technology – Wien which suggests that current stream flow models, or models of global atmospheric circulation, underestimate the impact of climate change on water availability. The group compared over 9,500 sources of local water data with estimates from global models and found that those models are overreporting how much water rivers will contain as climate change intensifies.
Smart Water Magazine has written an article covering a new study by researchers from Rowan University that found more than half of coastal communities in the U.S. underestimate the risk from sea level changes. They achieved this by comparing the estimates of sea level rise used by local guidance documents in 54 locations with the latest U.N. data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The authors found many communities’ documents underestimated the upper possibility of sea level rise, impacting future planning.
The Conversation has written an article covering a new study by researchers from the University of Montana and the University of Colorado Boulder that found “a 246 [percent] increase in the number of homes and structures destroyed by wildfires in the contiguous Western U.S.
The DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis, National Threat Evaluation and Reporting (NTER) Office partnered with the Wisconsin Department of Justice and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to release an eLearning module for the public titled, “Foundations of Targeted Violence Prevention.” The purpose of the course is to educate community stakeholders on identifying threatening or potentially concerning behaviors and where to report them, providing an opportunity for intervention to prevent targeted violence from occurring.
The Washington Post has written an article covering recently released data on where lightning struck across the U.S. in 2022 and the implications it can have, which could include for water managers. Overall, lightning activity in 2022 was closer to average (between 20 to 25 million flashes per year) than the concerning lows of 2020 and 2021, but the distribution of strikes across regions was unusual. Both the Mississippi River Basin and Texas were lower than average, a sign of the drought-like conditions those areas are experiencing.
The Australian National University has published new research demonstrating how climate change is affecting the global water cycle. Researchers processed satellite data in record time with an automated data analysis and interpretation process to come to their conclusions.
The Conversation has posted an article covering the projects various cities around the world are undertaking to adapt to climate change. It first addresses solutions for predicted hotter temperatures, noting programs Medellin and Vienna have put into place to address the urban heat island effect. It then discusses the various strategies Singapore, Rotterdam, New York City, Basel, and Tokyo have prepared to capture excessive rainwater during increased periods of flooding.
Oxford’s School of Geography has released a study concluding that over 90 percent of the world’s population will suffer increased risks from the combination of extreme heat and drought events, causing severe knock-on effects to the natural world and the economy.
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