2024 Disasters in Numbers
<p>In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95
United States Of America (US)
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis in the United States: 2015–2017
<p>Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a neurologic condition characterized by flaccid limb weakness. After a large number of reports of AFM in 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began standardized
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Mitigation efforts will not fully alleviate the increase in water scarcity occurrence probability in wheat-producing areas
<p>Global warming is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of severe water scarcity (SWS) events, which negatively affect rain-fed crops such as wheat, a key source of calories and protein for
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A critique of lifecycle emissions modeling in “the greenhouse gas benefits of corn ethanol— assessing recent evidence”
Although recently published research addresses a range of issues relating to the corn ethanol lifecycle, much attention has focused on the result that corn ethanol production has a significantly better
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U.S. domestic airline fuel-efficiency ranking 2017-2018
This study assesses the fuel efficiency of U.S. airlines on domestic operations in 2017 and 2018. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increased 10% and departures increased by 4% from 2016 to 2018. Fuel efficiency
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Putting a price on carbon: evaluating a carbon price and complementary policies for a 1.5° world
To achieve the Paris Agreement goals and limit global temperature rise this century to 1.5°C, the global economy must be rapidly transformed. A carbon price is needed to incorporate climate change costs
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Neither euphoria nor despair: understanding the fall and rise of global energy-related CO2 emissions
This study examines the drivers of both the previous decline in global energy-related CO2 emissions, and their subsequent growth in recent years (in the EU, US, India and China), and argues that this trend
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Neither euphoria nor despair: understanding the fall and rise of global energy-related CO2 emissions
This study examines the drivers of both the previous decline in global energy-related CO2 emissions, and their subsequent growth in recent years (in the EU, US, India and China), and argues that this trend
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The global macroeconomic burden of road injuries: estimates and projections for 166 countries
<p>Road injuries are among the ten leading causes of death worldwide and also impede economic wellbeing and macroeconomic performance. Beyond medical data on the incidence of road injuries and their resulting
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Comparison of aerodynamic drag determination procedures for HDV CO2 certification
This paper summarizes and compares the two main test methods for aerodynamic evaluations of heavy trucks in the United States and the European Union: coastdown testing and constant-speed testing, respectively.
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Estimating electric vehicle charging infrastructure costs across major U.S. metropolitan areas
This paper analyzes the capital costs of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure needed for public, workplace, and home charging for the most populous 100 metropolitan areas in the United States from