Tag: Flooding
Rivers can suddenly change course – scientists used 50 years of...
Vamsi Ganti, University of California Santa Barbara
Throughout history, important cities around the world have flourished along river banks....
Ocean heat is at record levels, with major consequences
Kevin Trenberth, University of Auckland
The world witnessed record-breaking climate and weather disasters in 2021, from destructive flash floods...
Beavers offer lessons about managing water in a changing climate, whether...
Christine E. Hatch, UMass Amherst
It’s no accident that both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute...
Five climate-related factors to consider before buying a home
Chris Medland, University of Surrey
In the UK, where house prices have reached historic highs and there is...
Wildfire burn scars can intensify and even create thunderstorms that lead...
William R. Cotton, Colorado State University
Wildfires burn millions of acres of land every year, leaving changed landscapes that...
Hurricane Ida: 2 reasons for its record-shattering rainfall in NYC and...
Russ Schumacher, Colorado State University
Record downpours from Hurricane Ida overwhelmed cities across the Northeast on Sept. 1, 2021,...
High-tide flood risk is accelerating, putting coastal economies at risk
Renee Collini, Mississippi State University
As sea level rises, it can be easy to miss the subtlety of higher...
‘Managed retreat’ from climate disasters can reinvent cities so they’re better...
A.R. Siders, University of Delaware and Katharine Mach, University of Miami
June’s record-breaking heat wave left more than 40...
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‘He’s Pavlov and we’re the dogs’: How associative learning really works...
Edward Wasserman, University of Iowa
My ears perked up when, in recent weeks, I heard Donald Trump and Ivan Pavlov mentioned twice in connection with...
