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eISSN: NHESS 1684-9981, NHESSD 2195-9269

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) is a not-for-profit interdisciplinary and international journal dedicated to the public discussion and open-access publication of high-quality studies and original research on natural hazards and their consequences. Embracing a holistic Earth system science approach, NHESS serves a wide and diverse community of research scientists, practitioners, and decision makers concerned with detection of natural hazards, monitoring and modelling, vulnerability and risk assessment, and the design and implementation of mitigation and adaptation strategies, including economical, societal, and educational aspects.

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News

07 Mar 2023 Press Release: Scientists find clear evidence to make flood risk a bigger international priority

Annual damage caused by flooding in the United Kingdom (UK) could increase by more than a fifth over the next century because of climate change unless all international pledges to reduce carbon emissions are met, according to new research. The study reveals the first-ever dataset to assess flood hazard using the most recent Met Office climate projections which factor in the likely impact of climate change. The study was published today in NHESS. Read more.

07 Mar 2023 Press Release: Scientists find clear evidence to make flood risk a bigger international priority

Annual damage caused by flooding in the United Kingdom (UK) could increase by more than a fifth over the next century because of climate change unless all international pledges to reduce carbon emissions are met, according to new research. The study reveals the first-ever dataset to assess flood hazard using the most recent Met Office climate projections which factor in the likely impact of climate change. The study was published today in NHESS. Read more.

14 Feb 2023 Journal website facelift

In the coming days and weeks, readers of our journals will experience a facelift of our websites. Read more about the background.

14 Feb 2023 Journal website facelift

In the coming days and weeks, readers of our journals will experience a facelift of our websites. Read more about the background.

31 Jan 2023 Observations of extreme wave runup events on the US Pacific Northwest coast

In this work, the authors examine a set of observed extreme, non-earthquake-related and non-landslide-related wave runup events.

31 Jan 2023 Observations of extreme wave runup events on the US Pacific Northwest coast

In this work, the authors examine a set of observed extreme, non-earthquake-related and non-landslide-related wave runup events.

Recent papers

01 Jun 2023
Brief communication: Landslide activity on the Argentinian Santa Cruz River mega dam works confirmed by PSI DInSAR
Guillermo Tamburini-Beliveau, Sebastián Balbarani, and Oriol Monserrat
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 23, 1987–1999, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1987-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1987-2023, 2023
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01 Jun 2023
Proposal for a new meteotsunami intensity index
Clare Lewis, Tim Smyth, Jess Neumann, and Hannah Cloke
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1147,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1147, 2023
Preprint under review for NHESS (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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31 May 2023
Compound flood events: analysing the joint occurrence of extreme river discharge events and storm surges in northern and central Europe
Philipp Heinrich, Stefan Hagemann, Ralf Weisse, Corinna Schrum, Ute Daewel, and Lidia Gaslikova
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 23, 1967–1985, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1967-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1967-2023, 2023
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31 May 2023
Seismotectonic and Probabilistic Seismic Hazard of Sunda Strait Region
Asdani Soehaimi, Franto Novico, Mohammad Ridwan, Marina Claudia Frederik, and Suharsono
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-423,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-423, 2023
Preprint under review for NHESS (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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26 May 2023
Improvements to the detection and analysis of external surges in the North Sea
Alexander Böhme, Birgit Gerkensmeier, Benedikt Bratz, Clemens Krautwald, Olaf Müller, Nils Goseberg, and Gabriele Gönnert
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 23, 1947–1966, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1947-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1947-2023, 2023
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Highlight articles

26 May 2023
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The 2018 west-central European drought projected in a warmer climate: how much drier can it get?
Emma E. Aalbers, Erik van Meijgaard, Geert Lenderink, Hylke de Vries, and Bart J. J. M. van den Hurk
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 23, 1921–1946, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1921-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1921-2023, 2023
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08 May 2023
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The extremely hot and dry 2018 summer in central and northern Europe from a multi-faceted weather and climate perspective
Efi Rousi, Andreas H. Fink, Lauren S. Andersen, Florian N. Becker, Goratz Beobide-Arsuaga, Marcus Breil, Giacomo Cozzi, Jens Heinke, Lisa Jach, Deborah Niermann, Dragan Petrovic, Andy Richling, Johannes Riebold, Stella Steidl, Laura Suarez-Gutierrez, Jordis S. Tradowsky, Dim Coumou, André Düsterhus, Florian Ellsäßer, Georgios Fragkoulidis, Daniel Gliksman, Dörthe Handorf, Karsten Haustein, Kai Kornhuber, Harald Kunstmann, Joaquim G. Pinto, Kirsten Warrach-Sagi, and Elena Xoplaki
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 23, 1699–1718, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1699-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1699-2023, 2023
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03 May 2023
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Evaluation of liquefaction triggering potential in Italy: a seismic-hazard-based approach
Simone Barani, Gabriele Ferretti, and Davide Scafidi
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 23, 1685–1698, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1685-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1685-2023, 2023
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24 Apr 2023
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Rescuing historical weather observations improves quantification of severe windstorm risks
Ed Hawkins, Philip Brohan, Samantha N. Burgess, Stephen Burt, Gilbert P. Compo, Suzanne L. Gray, Ivan D. Haigh, Hans Hersbach, Kiki Kuijjer, Oscar Martínez-Alvarado, Chesley McColl, Andrew P. Schurer, Laura Slivinski, and Joanne Williams
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 23, 1465–1482, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1465-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1465-2023, 2023
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19 Apr 2023
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Brief communication: The northwest Himalaya towns slipping towards potential disaster
Yaspal Sundriyal, Vipin Kumar, Neha Chauhan, Sameeksha Kaushik, Rahul Ranjan, and Mohit Kumar Punia
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 23, 1425–1431, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1425-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1425-2023, 2023
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