Tag: Flooding
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...
This supermoon has a twist – expect flooding, but a lunar...
Brian McNoldy, University of Miami
A “super full moon” is coming on April 27, 2021, and coastal cities like...
Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding – and climate change...
Tom Corringham, University of California San Diego
Ask people to name the world’s largest river, and most will probably guess that it’s the Amazon, the...
Why does some rain fall harder than other rain?
Jeffrey B. Halverson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like...
When dams cause more problems than they solve, removing them can...
Jon Honea, Emerson College
Across the United States, dams generate hydroelectric power, store water for drinking and irrigation, control flooding and create recreational opportunities such...
A military perspective on climate change could bridge the gap between...
Michael Klare, Hampshire College
As experts warn that the world is running out of time to head off severe climate change, discussions of what the...
More frequent and intense tropical storms mean less recovery time for...
Hans Paerl, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tropical cyclones – storms that bring strong, rotating winds and rain, and which can intensify into...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
