Tag: Natural disasters
3 innovative ways to help countries hit by climate disasters, beyond...
Erin Coughlan de Perez, Tufts University
These days, it’s hard to escape news stories discussing how climate change is...
Jails and prisons often fail to protect incarcerated people during natural disasters
Benika Dixon, Texas A&M University; J. Carlee Purdum, University of Houston, and Tara Goddard, Texas A&M University
The United...
People displaced by hurricanes face anxiety and a long road to...
Trevor Memmott, UMass Boston and Christian Weller, UMass Boston
The trauma of natural disasters doesn’t end when the storm...
‘Cajun Navy’ volunteers who participate in search-and-rescue operations after hurricanes are...
Kyle Breen, Texas A&M International University and J. Carlee Purdum, University of Houston
The volunteers who take part in...
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...
Tornadoes, wildfires and other disasters tell a story of vulnerability and...
Tricia Wachtendorf, University of Delaware and James Kendra, University of Delaware
People often think of disasters as great equalizers....
Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland after weeks of earthquake warnings −...
Lava erupted through a fissure in Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula on Dec. 18, 2023, shooting almost 100 feet (30 meters) in the air...
Volcanic Iceland is rumbling again as magma rises − a geologist...
Jaime Toro, West Virginia University
Thousands of earthquakes in recent weeks have shaken the Icelandic fishing town of Grindavík,...
EXPLORING NATURE
Get chronic UTIs? Future treatments may add more bacteria to your...
Sarguru Subash, Texas A&M University
Millions of people in the U.S. and around the world suffer from urinary tract...
