npj Natural Hazards is a fully open access, interdisciplinary journal that publishes high-quality research on the causes and effects of natural hazards, including earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tsunamis, landslides, volcanic eruptions, heatwaves, and other hydrologic, atmospheric, and geologic phenomena that can result in disasters. Papers published in the journal improve our understanding of natural hazards and their impact on society to support the development of effective strategies for reducing risk, improving preparedness and promoting resilience. npj Natural Hazards encourages the communication of research findings in a succinct and accessible manner and promotes effective collaborations among relevant natural science, social science, and engineering disciplines to address the impacts across the wide range of natural hazards at local, regional, and global scales. Representative journal scope: Physical phenomena of natural hazards across various spatial and temporal scales. Compound and cascading hazards, nonhomogeneous hazards, extreme events and uncertainties in their forecasting and projection. Risk and resilience assessment considering complex human-infrastructure systems. Strategies to mitigate risk or exposure to improve resilience, including improved urban planning, building standards, early-warning systems, preparation, emergency response, and post-disaster recovery. Social vulnerability and inequality under natural hazards, and risk communications. Epidemiology and health risks following extreme climate events. Influences of climate and environmental changes, urbanization, demographic shifts, and other social-political factors on natural hazards, their impacts, and risk mitigation. Submissions are invited in the form of original research articles, critical reviews and thought-provoking perspectives, as well as brief communications on recent natural hazard events. A full list of content types, including article guidelines, can be found here.