Tag: Flooding
Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water
Ivis García, Texas A&M University; James M. Kaihatu, Texas A&M University, and Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University
Eight...
Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting a growing global risk...
Alton C. Byers, University of Colorado Boulder and Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan University
Each summer in the mountains above Juneau,...
Many Texas communities are dangerously unprepared for floods − lack of...
Ivis García, Texas A&M University; Jaimie Hicks Masterson, Texas A&M University, and Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University
The...
I study local government and Hurricane Helene forced me from my...
Jay Rickabaugh, North Carolina State University
Last year was a record year for disasters in the United States. A...
As mountain glaciers melt, risk of catastrophic flash floods rises for...
Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan University and Alton C. Byers, University of Colorado Boulder
In mountain ranges around the world, glaciers...
Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters –...
Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan
Home insurance rates are rising in the United States, not only in Florida,...
Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn’t simple – there are...
Carson MacPherson-Krutsky, University of Colorado Boulder
As Hurricane Milton roared ashore near Sarasota, Florida, tens of thousands of people...
Health risks are growing in mountain areas flooded by Hurricane Helene...
Jennifer Horney, University of Delaware
Hurricane Helene’s flooding has subsided, but health risks are growing in hard-hit regions of...
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...
