Tag: extreme weather
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...
Diagnosing ‘warming winter syndrome’ as summerlike heat sweeps into central and...
Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, University of Michigan
One of the most robust measures of Earth’s changing climate is that...
Extreme cold still happens in a warming world – in fact...
Mathew Barlow, UMass Lowell
Extremely cold Arctic air and severe winter weather swept southward into much of the U.S....
Hurricane Hilary triggers Southern California’s first tropical storm warning ever, with...
Nicholas Grondin, University of Tampa
Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico’s Baja peninsula and was forecast to speed into Southern...
What is a heat dome? An atmospheric scientist explains the weather...
William Gallus, Iowa State University
A heat dome occurs when a persistent region of high...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
