In 2023, New Zealand experienced two consecutive weather-related events that exceeded previous insured losses by more than a factor of ten: the Auckland Anniversary Day floods and ex-Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle.Further, climate reporting for financial services becomes mandatory in this jurisdiction in 2024, yet established catastrophe models are not

AbstractProblem In 2010, Haiti sustained a devastating earthquake that crippled the health-care infrastructure in the capital city, Port-au-Prince, and left 1.5 million people homeless.Subsequently, there was an increase in reported tuberculosis in the affected population.Approach We conducted active tuberculosis case finding in a camp for internal

Transmission of sunlight into and through sea ice is of critical importance for sea-ice associated organisms and photosynthesis because light is their primary energy source.The amount of visible light transferred through sea ice contributes to the energy budget of the sea ice and the uppermost ocean.However, our current knowledge on the amount and

From books to movies, the media is now flush with spiritual and wellness tourist-related images, films, and fiction (which are primarily produced in the West) about Southeast Asia.Combined with the positive effects of spiritual practices, greater numbers of tourists are travelling to Southeast Asia for mindfulness, yoga, and other spiritual pursuit