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Insurance costs are rising quickly across much of the country. Hurricanes are part of the reason, but it’s the other perils common across the Midwest and Great Plains that complicate costs.
Terror management theory explores the lengths our minds will go to to deny existential threats. Psychologists explain what that can mean for climate denial.
In 1935, a hurricane devastated the Florida Keys, killing over 400 people, many of them World War I veterans. Ernest Hemingway joined the relief efforts – and became enraged at government inaction.
If your area experiences a 1,000-year rainfall event, don’t assume that you’re off the hook for the next 999 years.
Researchers tracked power outages after 8 major storms to see how wealth corresponded to recovery time.
Insurers are raising rates quickly, and it’s not just in California and Florida. They’re often shrinking coverage at the same time.
Climate change is contributing to larger rainfalls throughout Canada, and aging urban infrastructure is unable to keep up. Blue-green infrastructure updates can help to flood-proof cities.
For trees, growing to maturity involves much more than just reaching upward.
New techniques are helping forecasters spot potentially dangerous storms earlier than ever.
Fluctuations in the path of storms over the Australian continent can influence the conditions delivered by an El Niño or La Niña.
To understand how tornadoes behave, scientists need to be near the storm. The movies get some of it right.
Spring 2024 was menacing for large parts of the US, with a tornado nearly every day in May. Tornado outbreaks tore up communities across multiple states.
In the mountains, heavy downpours can be devastating, washing out roads and homes and triggering landslides.
Practices such as redlining left marginalized groups in more disaster-prone areas with poorer quality infrastructure − and more likely to experience prolonged power outages.
A powerful storm system produced dozens of destructive tornadoes over three days that tore apart homes in Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa. A meteorologist explains the conditions that fueled them.
Some parts of the Gulf experienced 18 months of rain in a single day.
Extreme downpours and droughts, both fueled by rising global temperatures, are taking a toll. Communities trying to manage the threats face three big challenges.
A new study shows how often lightning strikes and how it behaves, often hitting the ground with multiple strikes from the same flash.
Researchers tracked power outages after 8 major storms to see how wealth corresponded to recovery time.
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
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Research Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Professor of Atmospheric Science and Colorado State Climatologist, Colorado State University
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Professor, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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Meteorologist and Research Program Manager, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Distinguished Scholar, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Geography & Environmental Systems, Associate Dean of the Graduate School, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor of Geography, Middle Tennessee State University
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Professor of Meteorology, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Penn State
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Professorial Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Distinguished Professor of Meteorology, Penn State
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Principal Research Scientist in Extreme Weather, The University of Melbourne