Combining these experiences and perspectives, I approached the book with a basic question. Can I develop a theory for why we have not solved the issue of climate change? Then, with that theory in hand ...

A researcher found mental health problems were more common among people who experienced severe flooding and financial or housing stressors.

Nolo threatens Hawaii with flooding rain and dangerous surf, while powerful Hurricane Polo could make another impact to México and more tropical systems take shape.

Polo churns off Mexico with up to eight inches of rain and 46-foot seas, while another strengthening tropical system threatens eastern Hawaii with dangerous surf and rainfall of 10 to 30-plus inches.

Environmental and disaster sociologist Maggie León-Corwin says there’s no standardized nationwide protocol for evacuating prisons and jails. Policies vary, and many facilities lack adequate ways to ...

In a rare expression of forecast confidence, NHC predicted Polo would become a Cat 5 at a time when it was still a tropical storm.

Classes resumed at colleges and universities this fall after the warmest U.S. summer on record and after a year of attacks on higher education and learning, including the sciences that measured and ...

A century of development, rising seas, and climate change have made South Florida far more vulnerable to a catastrophic storm.

Late that night, in absolute darkness, it hit, with the far shrieking screams, the queer rumbling of a vast and irresistible freight train,' Marjory Stoneman Douglas wrote of the storm.

And as climate change causes more extreme storms, the risk of landslides is growing. So Rogers’ team is partnering with the North Carolina Geological Survey to develop an early warning system.

What happens if sea level rise, hurricane wind strength, or other factors turn out worse than expected?

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