Tag: Natural disasters
Dance and movement therapy holds promise for treating anxiety and depression,...
Lana Ruvolo Grasser, Wayne State University
A few years ago, framed by the skyline of Detroit, a group of...
Autonomous drones could speed up search and rescue after flash floods,...
Vijayan Asari, University of Dayton
During hurricanes, flash flooding and other disasters, it can be extremely dangerous to send...
Some coastal areas are more prone to devastating hurricanes – a...
Athena Masson, University of Florida
Every coastline in the North Atlantic is vulnerable to tropical storms, but some areas...
Wild weather: 4 essential reads about tornadoes and thunderstorms
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
Springtime in the U.S. is frequently a season for thunderstorms, which can spawn tornadoes. These...
Power outages across the Plains: 4 questions answered about weather-driven blackouts
Michael E. Webber, University of Texas at Austin
Editor’s note: Amid record cold temperatures and skyrocketing energy demand, utilities...
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...
Oil field operations likely triggered earthquakes in California a few miles...
Thomas H. Goebel, University of Memphis
The way companies drill for oil and gas and dispose of wastewater can trigger earthquakes, at times in unexpected...
Western wildfires are spinning off tornadoes – here’s how fires create...
Charles Jones, University of California, Santa Barbara and Leila Carvalho, University of California, Santa Barbara
It might sound like a bad movie, but extreme wildfires...
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The fallout of police violence is killing black women like Erica...
Christen A. Smith, University of Texas at Austin
The sting of the premature death of 27-year-old Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, is still fresh....
