Tag: wildfires
I’m an economist. Here’s why I’m worried the California insurance crisis...
Gary W. Yohe, Wesleyan University
The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles have made one threat very clear: Climate change...
Neighbors and strangers pulled together to help LA fire survivors –...
Tricia Wachtendorf, University of Delaware and James Kendra, University of Delaware
As wildfires swept through neighborhoods on the outskirts...
News coverage boosts giving after disasters – Australian research team’s findings...
Cassandra Chapman, The University of Queensland
In late 2019 and early 2020, a series of devastating wildfires, known as...
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...
3 years after the Marshall Fire: Wildfire smoke’s health risks can...
Colleen E. Reid, University of Colorado Boulder
Three years ago, on Dec. 30, 2021, a wind-driven wildfire raced through...
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....
Texas fires: With over 1 million acres of grassland burned, cattle...
Karen Hickman, Oklahoma State University
Strong winds spread the largest wildfire in Texas history across more than 1 million...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
