Tag: extreme weather
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
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...
