Tag: extreme weather
Post-fire mudslide problems aren’t new and likely to get worse
Lee MacDonald, Colorado State University
Several weeks after a series of wildfires blackened nearly 500 square miles in Southern California, a large winter storm rolled...
Is warming in the Arctic behind this year’s crazy winter weather?
Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University
Damage from extreme weather events during 2017 racked up the biggest-ever bills for the U.S. Most of these events involved conditions...
Storms hit poorer people harder, from Superstorm Sandy to Hurricane Maria
Chris Sellers, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
The ferocious “frankenstorm” known as Sandy that ripped through greater New York City five...
Why solar ‘microgrids’ are not a cure-all for Puerto Rico’s power...
Peter Fox-Penner, Boston University
In addition to its many other devastating human consequences, Hurricane Maria left the island of Puerto Rico with its power grid...
Why Hurricanes Harvey and Irma won’t lead to action on climate...
Scott Gabriel Knowles, Drexel University
It’s not easy to hold the nation’s attention for long, but three solid weeks of record-smashing hurricanes directly affecting multiple...
Should the US put power lines underground?
Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida
It is the height of a highly destructive hurricane season in the United States. The devastation of Harvey in...
Understanding tornadoes: 5 questions answered
Paul Markowski, Pennsylvania State University and Yvette Richardson, Pennsylvania State University
Editor’s note: May and June are typically peak months for tornadoes in...
A melting Arctic and weird weather: the plot thickens
By Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University
Everyone loves to talk about the weather, and this winter Mother Nature has served up a feast to chew on....
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...
