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Executive editors: Animesh Gain, Margreth Keiler, Gregor C. Leckebusch, Bruce D. Malamud, Paolo Tarolli & Uwe Ulbrich
eISSN: NHESS 1684-9981, NHESSD 2195-9269

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) is a not-for-profit interdisciplinary and international journal dedicated to the public discussion and open-access publication of high-quality studies and original research on natural hazards and their consequences. Embracing a holistic Earth system science approach, NHESS serves a wide and diverse community of research scientists, practitioners, and decision makers concerned with detection of natural hazards, monitoring and modelling, vulnerability and risk assessment, and the design and implementation of mitigation and adaptation strategies, including economical, societal, and educational aspects.

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03 Dec 2025 New MS Word template available for manuscript preparation

The existing MS Word template for authors has been significantly expanded and now includes many important notes on the standard sections that must be included in the manuscript. Please visit the "Submission" page, section "Templates for your manuscript file" and download the new template before writing your next manuscript.

03 Dec 2025 New MS Word template available for manuscript preparation

The existing MS Word template for authors has been significantly expanded and now includes many important notes on the standard sections that must be included in the manuscript. Please visit the "Submission" page, section "Templates for your manuscript file" and download the new template before writing your next manuscript.

13 Mar 2025 New agreement between California Digital Library and Copernicus Publications

We are delighted to announce a new agreement between the California Digital Library and Copernicus Publications. The University of California will cover 50% of article processing charges (APCs) for manuscripts affiliated with any of their research units. Read more.

13 Mar 2025 New agreement between California Digital Library and Copernicus Publications

We are delighted to announce a new agreement between the California Digital Library and Copernicus Publications. The University of California will cover 50% of article processing charges (APCs) for manuscripts affiliated with any of their research units. Read more.

10 Feb 2025 Thank you to all our referees in 2024!

A big thank you to all referees for their volunteer work in providing fair, thorough, and constructive peer-review reports! Through their invaluable contribution our interactive open-access journals maintain their high scientific standards and their ongoing success.

10 Feb 2025 Thank you to all our referees in 2024!

A big thank you to all referees for their volunteer work in providing fair, thorough, and constructive peer-review reports! Through their invaluable contribution our interactive open-access journals maintain their high scientific standards and their ongoing success.

Recent papers

30 Dec 2025
Soil Liquefaction Hazards and Ecological Impacts in Coastal Wetlands of the Pisco River, Peru
Belinia Báez, Alejandra G. Martínez, Adelaida Araníbar, Erick Príncipe, and Juan Carlos Gómez
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-5792,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-5792, 2025
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30 Dec 2025
A ground motion prediction model for the Italian region based on a mixture of experts framework
Jinfeng Dai, Zifa Wang, Dengke Zhao, Xiangying Wang, Jianming Wang, Zhaoyan Li, Zhaodong Wang, and Jintao Xiao
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-6373,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-6373, 2025
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27 Dec 2025
The catastrophic floods in 2008, 2010 and 2020 in western Ukraine: Hydrometeorological processes and the role of upper-level dynamics
Ellina Agayar, Moshe Armon, Michael Sprenger, and Heini Wernli
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-5942,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-5942, 2025
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23 Dec 2025
The effect of operational discharge capacity of pumps and sluices on flood hazards – A case study on discharging the Rhine and Meuse under sea level rise
Laurie van Gijzen, Alexander M. Bakker, and Sebastiaan N. Jonkman
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-5801,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-5801, 2025
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22 Dec 2025
Brief communication: Threshold and probability. The conceptual difference between ID thresholds for landslide initiation and IDF curves
Francesco Marra, Eleonora Dallan, Marco Borga, Roberto Greco, and Thom Bogaard
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 5055–5061, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-5055-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-5055-2025, 2025
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Highlight articles

10 Dec 2025
Constitution of a multicentennial multirisk database in a mountainous environment from composite sources: the example of the Vallouise-Pelvoux municipality (Ecrins, France)
Louise Dallons Thanneur, Florie Giacona, Nicolas Eckert, and Philippe Frey
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 4881–4906, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-4881-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-4881-2025, 2025
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01 Oct 2025
Insights from hailstorm track analysis in European climate change simulations
Killian P. Brennan, Iris Thurnherr, Michael Sprenger, and Heini Wernli
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 3693–3712, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-3693-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-3693-2025, 2025
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16 Sep 2025
The 1538 eruption at the Campi Flegrei resurgent caldera: implications for future unrest and eruptive scenarios
Giuseppe Rolandi, Claudia Troise, Marco Sacchi, Massimo Di Lascio, and Giuseppe De Natale
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 3421–3453, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-3421-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-3421-2025, 2025
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10 Sep 2025
Severe beach erosion induced by shoreline deformation after a large-scale reclamation project for the Samcheok liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in South Korea
Changbin Lim, Tae Min Lim, and Jung-Lyul Lee
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 3239–3255, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-3239-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-3239-2025, 2025
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05 Sep 2025
Failure of Marmolada Glacier (Dolomites, Italy) in 2022: data-based back analysis of possible collapse mechanisms
Roberto Giovanni Francese, Roberto Valentino, Wilfried Haeberli, Aldino Bondesan, Massimo Giorgi, Stefano Picotti, Franco Pettenati, Denis Sandron, Gianni Ramponi, and Mauro Valt
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 3027–3053, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-3027-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-3027-2025, 2025
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Notice on the current situation in Ukraine

To show our support for Ukraine, all fees for papers from authors (first or corresponding authors) affiliated to Ukrainian institutions are automatically waived, regardless if these papers are co-authored by scientists affiliated to Russian and/or Belarusian institutions. The only exception will be if the corresponding author or first contact (contractual partner of Copernicus) are from a Russian and/or Belarusian institution, in that case the APCs are not waived.

In accordance with current European restrictions, Copernicus Publications does not step into business relations with and issue APC-invoices (articles processing charges) to Russian and Belarusian institutions. The peer-review process and scientific exchange of our journals including preprint posting is not affected. However, these restrictions require that the first contact (contractual partner of Copernicus) has an affiliation and invoice address outside Russia or Belarus.