Tag: extreme weather
Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting a growing global risk...
Alton C. Byers, University of Colorado Boulder and Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan University
Each summer in the mountains above Juneau,...
Inside an urban heat island, one street can be much hotter...
Dan O'Brien, Northeastern University
It’s summer, and it’s been hot, even in northern cities such as Boston. But not...
Many Texas communities are dangerously unprepared for floods − lack of...
Ivis García, Texas A&M University; Jaimie Hicks Masterson, Texas A&M University, and Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University
The...
The aftermath of floods, hurricanes and other disasters can be hardest...
Lori Hunter, University of Colorado Boulder
Hurricanes, tornadoes and other extreme weather do not distinguish between urban and rural...
Low-income homeowners hit by disasters may get less help from the...
Ivis García, Texas A&M University
Imagine that a hurricane has destroyed your home.
The roof is...
Coral reefs face an uncertain recovery from the 4th global mass...
Noam Vogt-Vincent, University of Hawaii
Tropical reefs might look like inanimate rock, but these colorful seascapes are built by...
California plan to ban most plants within 5 feet of homes...
Max Moritz, University of California, Santa Barbara and Luca Carmignani, San Diego State University
One of the most striking...
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,...
EXPLORING NATURE
What Olympic athletes see that viewers don’t: Machine-made snow makes ski...
Keith Musselman, University of Colorado Boulder and Agnes Macy, University of Colorado Boulder
When viewers tune in to the...
