Extreme heat and precipitation events are turning into primary concerns worldwide, given the adverse effects that they have on health, the spread of vector-borne disease and reduced productivity among others. The impacts of extremes are worse for low-income residents, the elderly, and individuals with chronic diseases and disabilities, thus promoting inequality. In this sense, countries…

Extreme heat is turning into a primary concern for cities worldwide, given the adverse effects that it has on health, the spread of vector-borne disease and reduced productivity among others. The impacts of heat are worse for low-income residents, the elderly, and individuals with chronic diseases and disabilities, thus promoting inequality. In this sense, cities…

Human mobility is a fundamental driver of infectious disease dynamics. While pathogens such as the dengue virus are transmitted locally by mosquito vectors, the movement of infected humans connects geographically distant populations, facilitating the spatial spread of infection and influencing the timing and intensity of epidemics. Capturing these mobility patterns accurately is therefore essential for…

Skillful long-range forecasts of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) are still in high demand.After decades of extensive efforts, dynamical models nowadays represent the best available tools to issue ENSO forecasts at lead times of up to two seasons, although they are still largely constrained by the lack of complete understanding of the physics of the phenomenon,…