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A climate scientist on the planet’s simultaneous disasters, from Pakistan’s horror...

Andrew King, The University of Melbourne Extreme floods are devastating Pakistan, caused by a...

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...

Why is lettuce so expensive? Costs have shot up, and won’t...

Flavio Macau, Edith Cowan University Lettuce prices are skyrocketing. Twitter users are posting photos of iceberg lettuces for A$10...

Evacuations ordered as a powerful storm heads for California’s wildfire burn...

Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine Officials issued evacuation orders for people living downhill from several of California’s wildfire...

The dirt on soil loss from the Midwest floods

Jim Ippolito, Colorado State University and Mahdi Al-Kaisi, Iowa State University As devastating images of the 2019 Midwest floods fade from view, an insidious and...

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...

Giant mosquitoes flourish in floodwaters that hurricanes leave behind

Michael Reiskind, North Carolina State University After Hurricane Florence, reports started rolling in of “giant mosquito” sightings – and bitings – throughout North Carolina. What’s...

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