Josiah Kephart

Social disparities in neighborhood flood exposure in 44,698 urban neighborhoods in Latin America - Nature Cities This study compares historical flooding (2000–2018) in urban neighborhoods of eight Latin American countries and its relationship with social disparities. It found that residents of neighborhoods with...

Floods Hit Hardest in Most Disadvantaged Neighborhoods: New Research on Urban Health in Latin America Sheds Light on Stark Inequities. A research leader by @jlashk.bsky.social and SALURBAL group.

Paper free to read: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Brief summary: drexel.edu/lac/media/ne...

physics of climate impacts 101:
- Stuff gets hot (worse heatwaves)
- Hot air holds more water vapor (heavier rainfall)
- Hot air is thirstier air (higher drought risk)
- Warm water is hurricane food (stronger storms)
- Hot water expands and hot ice melts (sea level rise)

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MIT engineers’ new theory could improve the design and operation of wind farms A new model accurately represents the airflow around rotors, even under extreme conditions. Developed by MIT engineers, the model could improve the way turbine blades and wind farms are designed.

news.mit.edu/2024/new-the...

I feel like this news about figuring out fundamental laws of aerodynamics for which we've been using fudge factors for a century got short shrift.