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The UK has around 2,000 drive-throughs. Andreas160578/Pixabay

February 14, 2022

Time for the UK to say goodbye to drive‑throughs: for the sake of our environment, our health – and our culture

Eugene Mohareb, University of Reading and Sybil Derrible, University of Illinois Chicago

Drive-throughs not only increase air pollution and emissions, but also contribute to a car-centred culture that we need to avoid.

Le 12 décembre 2021 à Mayfield, dans le Kentucky, après le passage d’une série de tornades. Brendan Smialowski / AFP

December 13, 2021

Tornades aux États‑Unis : le casse‑tête du nettoyage post‑catastrophe

Sybil Derrible, University of Illinois Chicago; Juyeong Choi, Florida State University, and Nazli Yesiller, California Polytechnic State University

La gestion d’énormes quantités de débris et de déchets constitue l’un des principaux défis à relever pour les collectivités confrontées à une catastrophe naturelle.

Debris near Lebanon, Tennessee, after tornadoes struck on the night of March 3, 2020, killing more than 20 people across the state. AP Photo/Mark Humphrey

March 17, 2021

Wild weather: 4 essential reads about tornadoes and thunderstorms

Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation

With the onset of spring come thunderstorms, and sometimes tornadoes. Learn how these systems form and why night tornadoes are especially deadly.

A collapsed building in Mayfield, Ky., after a tornado hit the town on Dec. 11, 2021. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images

December 11, 2021

Smashed cars, burnt trees, soggy insulation: Post‑disaster cleanup is expensive, time‑consuming and wasteful

Sybil Derrible, University of Illinois Chicago; Juyeong Choi, Florida State University, and Nazli Yesiller, California Polytechnic State University

Government agencies have detailed plans for responding to disasters, like the Dec. 10-11, 2021 tornados. But one issue doesn’t get enough attention: cleaning up the mess left behind.

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