Tag: flood risk
Glacial lake outburst floods in Alaska and the Himalayas show evolving...
Brianna Rick, University of Alaska Anchorage
In August 2023, residents of Juneau, Alaska, watched as the Mendenhall River swelled...
Flood maps show US vastly underestimates contamination risk at old industrial...
Thomas Marlow, New York University; James R. Elliott, Rice University, and Scott Frickel, Brown University
Climate science is clear:...
Flood and wildfire risks: Translating risk ratings into future costs can...
Melanie Gall, Arizona State University; Christopher Emrich, University of Central Florida, and Marie Aquilino, Arizona State University
If you...
Mexico City buried its rivers to prevent disease and unwittingly created...
Elena Delavega, University of Memphis
Mexico City is a dust bowl, a polluted megalopolis where breathing is hard and newly washed clothes hung out to...