Tag: Flood Insurance
Why flood insurance needs an overhaul: 6 questions answered
Robert W. Klein, Georgia State University
Editor’s note: The Trump administration plans to significantly revamp the pricing of flood insurance. While some homeowners would see...
What is flood insurance and why the system is broken: 6...
Robert W. Klein, Georgia State University
Editor’s note: Homeowners generally rely on insurance provided by the federal government to cover the costs of rebuilding their...
How flood insurance works: 6 questions answered
Robert W. Klein, Georgia State University
Editor’s note: Hurricane Harvey dumped up to 50 inches of rain on parts of Texas and Louisiana last month....
Americans who live far from coasts should also be worried about...
Nina Lam, Louisiana State University
Catastrophic flooding in Houston from Hurricane Harvey is the latest reminder that floods kill more people in the United...
EXPLORING NATURE
Climate change is making plants less nutritious − that could already...
Ellen Welti, Smithsonian Institution
More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend...
