#environmentalrisk — Public Fediverse posts

The author came to this from 'population health and infectious disease epidemiology, where you learn to read a death toll as a system telling you something. What heat is telling us is uncomfortable.'

#EnvironmentalRisk #ClimateImpact #HealthData #UKHSA #HSJ

Link: https://www.hsj.co.uk/service-redesign/the-nhs-needs-a-summer-plan-as-well-as-a-winter-one/8123920.article

R to @euenvironment: In order of the photos: © Public domain © François Lochon via Getty Images © Marka via Getty Images #Seveso #IndustrialSafety #eMARS #EnvironmentalRisk #EEA
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https://nitter.net/EUEnvironment/status/2075460221904826817#m

Lethal Humidity Exposes Billions to Life-Threatening Climate Risk

Climate change is putting billions of lives at risk by combining rising temperatures with increasing atmospheric moisture, pushing dense population centres to the brink of physiological survivability. By the late 21st century, over half of humanity could face life-threatening conditions from extreme heat and…

https://osintsights.com/lethal-humidity-exposes-billions-to-life-threatening-climate-risk?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#ClimateChange #LethalHumidity #EmergingThreats #EnvironmentalRisk #PhysiologicalSurvivability

Thousands of studies describe Rayleigh–Taylor instability, and most hydrogeological models acknowledge its importance in contaminant transport.

However, in studies of the Svystunova gully mine-water storage pond, I have not seen density explicitly accounted for — despite highly mineralized waters where this factor can fundamentally change plume behaviour.
By calculating solution density within the contamination halo, I demonstrated a real risk of gravity-driven sinking of the contamination plume to the base of the aquifer. This finding adds a critical dimension to impact assessment and is now documented as a standalone section in my ongoing report.

If you work with mine water, aquifers contamination, or long-term contamination modelling, this is a parameter worth revisiting.

#Hydrogeochemistry #Groundwater #MineWater #PHREEQC #RStats #QGIS #EnvironmentalRisk #Contamination #RiskAnalysis #SvystunovaGully

For anyone needing dependable radon concentration data from Canada:
pages 43–44 of this report provide city-specific values useful for public health, building science and risk analysis. 🇨🇦🔬
👉 https://buff.ly/2g0YjDe

#Radon #EnvironmentalRisk #PublicHealth

🌊 Modeling a potential dam breach — and how panic spread beyond the real watershed

This project assessed the potential consequences of a dam failure at a mine-water impoundment in the Svystunova Gully.

🔹 Reconstructed the original pre-impoundment terrain from archival topographic maps.
🔹 Used Sentinel-based land-cover classification to assign variable Manning’s roughness coefficients.
🔹 Built a modern DEM including the dam structure and current flooded zone.
🔹 Simulated dam-break flood dynamics in GRASS GIS — frame by frame.
🔹 Produced a video visualization to help local communities understand real risks (and ignore fake ones).
🔹 The results were later featured in regional media and used in discussions about mine-water safety.

🎥 Watch the short video visualization:
🔗 https://youtu.be/JTcCLXqvWlE?si=NS7ly7UAZu1XttWy

#Hydrology #DamSafety #GIS #GRASSGIS #MineWater #HydrodynamicModeling #GeospatialAnalysis #EnvironmentalRisk #OpenScience #IndependentResearch #SvystunovaGully

Environmental Review of Sea Breeze Uzbekistan Resort at Charvak Still in Progress

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/environmental-review-of-sea-breeze-uzbekistan-resort-at-charvak-still-in-progress/

Tajikistan’s Rogun Dam to Triple Forests Under No Net Loss Plan

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/tajikistans-rogun-dam-to-triple-forests-under-no-net-loss-plan/

Microplastics is one of Cluster member Janice Brahney's areas of expertise.

She spoke to Vox for this recent article "We got rid of acid rain. Now something scarier is falling from the sky.": https://bit.ly/420fQB0

#microplastics #ecology #EnvironmentalRisk #ClimateChange

How Healthy Is Earth?
#Environment #ClimateChange #Earth #EarthHealth #PBScience #ClimateCrisis #EarthHealth #ClimateAction #PlanetaryBoundaries #EnvironmentalRisk #Sustainability #GlobalWarming
https://the-14.com/how-healthy-is-earth/

Excited to be able to share our latest paper, on the environmental risks of agrochemical inputs to oil palm plantations.

We show the potential for significant risks, notably from metals and pesticides, but highlight a need for more data for a more comprehensive assessment.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124749

#palmoil #environmentalrisk

Microplastics Found in Clouds: What Now?
#Environment #ClimateChange #Science #Japan #AirPollution #Microplastics #MountFuji #PlasticPollution #CircularEconomy #EnvironmentalRisk #ClimateChange #SustainableFuture
https://the-14.com/microplastics-found-in-clouds-what-now/

I'm wondering if #EnvironmentalRisk is going to be the next big crash for #financial institutions because I think most of them don't know how much they are exposed.

https://globalcanopy.org/insights/videos-and-podcasts/whats-next-for-financial-institutions-and-nature-related-risk/

“That’s not to say that ESG works perfectly. It’s often difficult to measure how companies perform on issues like climate, and scoring systems can miss spotting some risks.” https://www.fastcompany.com/90824901/secret-money-fueling-conservative-anti-esg-push?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FastCompanyCompass-Dec%2019,%202022&leadId=599750&mkt_tok=NjEwLUxFRS04NzIAAAGIzvgfaPAC1nGBGoP3ekKF1eMHFbPchGT4e2BSi6IKPOuYtCh48xeejyDDiADrW6b0JKQnhg_IXG7uJh30RsTtmYGFGvT883-lx-ovkSU #ESG #riskmanagement #environmentalrisk #socialrisk #governancerisk #investmentrisk