Tag: climate change
As mountain glaciers melt, risk of catastrophic flash floods rises for...
Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan University and Alton C. Byers, University of Colorado Boulder
In mountain ranges around the world, glaciers...
US-Ukraine deal highlights Ukraine’s wealth of critical minerals, but extracting them...
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
Ukraine’s mineral wealth has been a key factor in its negotiations with the...
The world regulated sulfur in ship fuels − and the lightning stopped
Chris Wright, University of Washington
If you look at a map of lightning near the Port of Singapore, you’ll...
Coastal economies rely on NOAA, from Maine to Florida, Texas and...
Christine Keiner, Rochester Institute of Technology
Healthy coastal ecosystems play crucial roles in the U.S. economy, from supporting multibillion-dollar...
Why people rebuild in Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas despite the risks
Kristina P. Brant, Penn State
On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia....
Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and...
Paul Bierman, University of Vermont
Since Donald Trump regained the presidency, he has coveted Greenland. Trump has insisted that...
Why the price of your favorite chocolate will continue to rise
Narcisa Pricope, Mississippi State University
Valentine’s Day often conjures images of chocolates and romance. But the crop behind this...
If FEMA didn’t exist, could states handle the disaster response alone?
Ming Xie, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Imagine a world in which a hurricane devastates the Gulf Coast, and...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
