Rainfall and flooding frequently disrupt the lives of urban residents worldwide, posing significant public health risks. Mumbai, India - renowned for the ferocity of its monsoon season - stands as a stark example of the human toll that extreme urban flooding can exact. But despite the growing recognition and urgency of these hazards, the health impacts of rainfall remain poorly understood, and those of sea level rise are entirely unquantified.  A recent study led by Princeton University and the University of Chicago takes a closer look at the intersection between climate change, hazards, and public health in Mumbai, finding that deaths caused by rainfall and rising sea levels are almost ten times higher than the official statistics suggest.  

New research led by Aarhus University has documented for the first time how methane and oil escape from the seafloor off northeast Greenland. The release of hydrocarbons from the seafloor affects marine ecosystems and alters the carbon cycle in the Arctic. The study by an international team of scientists clearly documents gas hydrates are present on the Northeast Greenland shelf and are now exposed to a rapidly warming Arctic Ocean.