Tag: extreme weather
In 2025, Tornado Alley has become almost everything east of the...
Daniel Chavas, Purdue University
Violent tornado outbreaks, like the storms that tore through parts of St. Louis and London,...
Unprecedented cuts to the National Science Foundation endanger research that improves...
Paul Bierman, University of Vermont
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound...
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....
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...
Disaster evacuations can take much longer than people expect − computer...
Ashley Bosa, Boise State University
When a wildfire notification goes off on your mobile phone, it can trigger all...
Climate change is shifting the zones where plants grow – here’s...
Matt Kasson, West Virginia University
With the arrival of spring in North America, many people are gravitating to the...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
