Tag: Natural disasters
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...
Low-income homeowners hit by disasters may get less help from the...
Ivis García, Texas A&M University
Imagine that a hurricane has destroyed your home.
The roof is...
Unprecedented cuts to the National Science Foundation endanger research that improves...
Paul Bierman, University of Vermont
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound...
US earthquake safety relies on federal employees’ expertise
Jonathan P. Stewart, University of California, Los Angeles and Lucy Arendt, St. Norbert College
Earthquakes and the damage they...
Why people rebuild in Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas despite the risks
Kristina P. Brant, Penn State
On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia....
Disaster evacuations can take much longer than people expect − computer...
Ashley Bosa, Boise State University
When a wildfire notification goes off on your mobile phone, it can trigger all...
Rents rise faster after disasters, but a federal program can help...
Anthony W. Orlando, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
The wildfires raging across Los Angeles are setting the scene for...
LA fires: Why fast wildfires and those started by human activities...
Virginia Iglesias, University of Colorado Boulder
Investigators are trying to determine what caused several wind-driven wildfires that have destroyed...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
