After Maui fires, human health risks linger in the air, water and even surviving buildings

Maui County issued an ‘unsafe water’ alert and urged precautions. Residents can face several toxic hazards from fires, as an expert in the chemical risks from fires explains.

Andrew J. Whelton, Professor of Civil, Environmental & Ecological Engineering, Director of the Healthy Plumbing Consortium and Center for Plumbing Safety, Purdue University • conversation
Aug. 12, 2023 • ~8 min

Wildfires are a severe blow to Maui's tourism-based economy, but other iconic destinations have come back from similar disasters

Wildfires on Maui are a crippling blow to the island’s tourism industry, which generates half of its jobs. But New Orleans and Kauai show that comebacks are possible.

Rich Harrill, Research Professor of Hospitality and Tourism and Director, International Tourism Research Institute, University of South Carolina • conversation
Aug. 11, 2023 • ~6 min

Maui's deadly wildfires burn through Lahaina – it's a reminder of the growing risk to communities that once seemed safe

Human exposure to wildfires in the US more than doubled in the past two decades. A climate scientist looks at who is at risk and why.

Mojtaba Sadegh, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University • conversation
Aug. 9, 2023 • ~6 min

Deadly wildfires burn across Maui – it's a reminder of the growing risk to communities that once seemed safe

Human exposure to wildfires in the US more than doubled in the past two decades. A climate scientist looks at who is at risk and why.

Mojtaba Sadegh, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University • conversation
Aug. 9, 2023 • ~6 min

Maui wildfires burn through Lahaina – it's a reminder of the growing risk to communities that once seemed safe

Human exposure to wildfires in the US more than doubled in the past two decades. A climate scientist looked at who is at risk and why.

Mojtaba Sadegh, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University • conversation
Aug. 9, 2023 • ~6 min

Greece wildfires: how climate change is involved, and what we can do about it

Climate change promotes ideal conditions for catastrophic fires, but the most drastic changes can still be avoided.

Stefan H Doerr, Professor of Geography and Director of the Centre for Wildfire Research, Swansea University • conversation
July 28, 2023 • ~6 min

Why earthquakes happen all the time in Britain but not in Ireland

Variations in the thickness of tectonic plates may explain why Britain experiences many more earthquakes than neighbouring Ireland.

Sergei Lebedev, Professor of Geophysics, University of Cambridge • conversation
July 6, 2023 • ~7 min

Human exposure to wildfires has more than doubled in two decades – who is at risk might surprise you

Nearly 22 million people lived within 3 miles of a US wildfire in the past two decades. A new study tracking their locations flips the script on who is at risk.

Mojtaba Sadegh, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University • conversation
July 3, 2023 • ~7 min

Human exposure to wildfires has more than doubled in two decades – read this if you're planning fireworks on July 4

Nearly 22 million people lived within 3 miles of a US wildfire in the past two decades. A new study tracking their locations flips the script on who is at risk.

Mojtaba Sadegh, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University • conversation
July 3, 2023 • ~7 min

Canada wildfires: an area larger than the Netherlands has been burned so far this year -- here's what is causing them

Canada has had over 2,000 wildfires already this year – here’s why.

Iván Villaverde Canosa, PhD Candidate in Geography, University of Leeds • conversation
June 16, 2023 • ~7 min

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