Tag: Natural disasters
Why were California’s wine country fires so destructive?
Jon Keeley, US Geological Survey
As of late October more than a dozen wildfires north of San Francisco had killed more than 40 people, burned...
I’m a librarian in Puerto Rico, and this is my Hurricane...
Evelyn Milagros Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao
I’ve always been fascinated by storms, particularly Puerto Rico’s own history of them. I think it’s...
Don’t blame California wildfires on a ‘perfect storm’ of weather events
Gregory L Simon, University of Colorado Denver
Late evening on Oct. 8, a series of fires ignited in Northern California’s famous Wine Country region. The...
California needs to rethink urban fire risk after wine country tragedy
Max Moritz, University of California, Berkeley
We recently witnessed the wind-driven Tubbs fire blast its way through densely urbanized neighborhoods in Northern California, causing dozens...
Scientist at work: Measuring public health impacts after disasters
Scientist at work: Measuring public health impacts after disasters
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Flood insurance is broken. Here are some ways to fix it
Robert W. Klein, Georgia State University
Hundreds of thousands of Americans whose homes were damaged or destroyed by flooding from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma don’t...
Why Hurricanes Harvey and Irma won’t lead to action on climate...
Scott Gabriel Knowles, Drexel University
It’s not easy to hold the nation’s attention for long, but three solid weeks of record-smashing hurricanes directly affecting multiple...
Hurricanes drive immigration to the US
Dean Yang, University of Michigan and Parag Mahajan, University of Michigan
In the last few weeks, hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Katia have cut paths of...
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...
