Tag: Resilience
Why I use Harry Potter to teach a college course on...
Georgene Troseth, Vanderbilt University
In an effort to find a more engaging way to present child development to new psychology students, I decided to use...
How your social network could save you from a disaster
Daniel P. Aldrich, Northeastern University and Danaë Metaxa, Stanford University
In early November 2017, Brooks Fisher’s neighbor in Sonoma, California, pounded on his door at...
Lava, ash flows, mudslides and nasty gases: Good reasons to respect...
Brittany Brand, Boise State University
Volcanoes are beautiful and awe-inspiring, but the ongoing eruption of Kilauea on Hawaii’s Big Island is showing how dangerous these...
Many small island nations can adapt to climate change with global...
Martina Grecequet, University of Minnesota; Ian Noble, University of Notre Dame, and Jessica Hellmann, University of Minnesota
Island nations are on the front lines of...
Why solar ‘microgrids’ are not a cure-all for Puerto Rico’s power...
Peter Fox-Penner, Boston University
In addition to its many other devastating human consequences, Hurricane Maria left the island of Puerto Rico with its power grid...
As communities rebuild after hurricanes, study shows wetlands can significantly reduce...
Siddharth Narayan, University of California, Santa Cruz and Michael Beck, University of California, Santa Cruz
A 12-year “hurricane drought” during which no major hurricanes formed...
The psychological benefits – and trappings – of nostalgia
Krystine Batcho, Le Moyne College
In his song “Time Was,” counterculture singer Phil Ochs reminisces about a past “when a man could build a home,...
Can’t keep your New Year’s resolutions – try being kind to...
Kristin Neff, University of Texas at Austin
Many of us will start out the New Year by making a list of resolutions - changes we...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
