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.

Everyone working in health needs to prepare for and be equipped to respond to the health consequences of the climate crisis.

Getting aid to countries before the storm or drought hits is one response increasingly being used to limit the damage.

In interviews with residents and builders after disasters from Hawaii to Colorado to Puerto Rico, an engineer and policy specialist found people often overestimating the cost of building back better.

Terror management theory explores the lengths our minds will go to to deny existential threats. Psychologists explain what that can mean for climate denial.

FEMA’s recovery work after Helene and Milton has been hampered by misinformation. Here’s what the agency actually does to help people displaced by disasters.

The islands’ vulnerability has roots deep in the exploitative systems forced on them by colonialism, from slave-based land policies to ill-suited development that put lives in harm’s way.

Some cities are building huge gates and barriers to counter the flood risk from estuary urbanization. But putting nature to work in a big way might be more effective.

Disasters such as hurricanes Helene and Milton often hit low-income and other disadvantaged groups hardest. 2 policy experts suggest ways long-term aid could help.

These powerful ‘rivers in the sky’ provide a huge share of annual precipitation in many regions, including California. They can also melt sea ice, with global climate implications.