Why Texas Hill Country, where a devastating flood killed dozens, is one of the deadliest places in the US for flash flooding

A hydrologist explains why the region is known as Flash Flood Alley and how its geography and geology can lead to heavy downpours and sudden, destructive floods.

Hatim Sharif, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio • conversation
July 5, 2025 • ~6 min

What Danish climate migration drama, Families Like Ours, gets wrong about rising sea levels

International migration from climate change is the exception, not the norm.

Florian Steig, DPhil Student, Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford • conversation
June 27, 2025 • ~6 min

Hurricane Helene set up future disasters, from landslides to flooding – cascading hazards like these are now upending risk models

Risk models can’t rely just on the past anymore. A team of geoscientists suggests new ways to forecast evolving hazards in real time as cascading disaster risk worsens.

Brian J. Yanites, Associate Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Science. Professor of Surficial and Sedimentary Geology, Indiana University • conversation
June 26, 2025 • ~7 min

Natural disasters don’t disappear when the storm ends or the earthquake stops – they evolve

Risk models can’t rely just on the past anymore. A team of geoscientists suggest new ways to forecast evolving hazards in real time as cascading disaster risk worsens.

Brian J. Yanites, Associate Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Science. Professor of Surficial and Sedimentary Geology, Indiana University • conversation
June 26, 2025 • ~7 min

Natural hazards don’t disappear when the storm ends or the earthquake stops – they evolve

Risk models can’t rely just on the past anymore. A team of geoscientists suggest new ways to forecast evolving hazards in real time as cascading disaster risk worsens.

Brian J. Yanites, Associate Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Science. Professor of Surficial and Sedimentary Geology, Indiana University • conversation
June 26, 2025 • ~7 min

Miami researchers are testing a textured seawall designed to hold back water and create a home for marine organisms

BIOCAP tiles reimagine seawalls as dynamic, ecologically active systems that have the potential to enhance coastal resilience.

Shahin Vassigh, Professor of Architecture, Florida International University • conversation
April 16, 2025 • ~7 min

The largest flood in Earth’s history burst through Gibraltar and Sicily and refilled the entire Mediterranean in just a few years

New evidence supports theory of ‘Zanclean megaflood’ 5 million years ago.

Paul Carling, Emeritus Professor of Geomorphology, University of Southampton • conversation
April 11, 2025 • ~7 min

Peru’s ancient irrigation systems succeeded in turning deserts into farms because of the culture − without it, the systems failed

Ancient practices hold important lessons for farmers facing drying lands, but they were often more complex than modern societies realize. Glacier loss adds to the challenge today.

Ari Caramanica, Assistant Professor of Archaeology, Vanderbilt University • conversation
April 8, 2025 • ~11 min

Peru’s ancient irrigation systems turned deserts into farms because of the culture − without it, the systems failed

Ancient practices hold important lessons for farmers facing drying lands, but they were often more complex than modern societies realize. Glacier loss adds to the challenge today.

Ari Caramanica, Assistant Professor of Archaeology, Vanderbilt University • conversation
April 8, 2025 • ~11 min

How to gauge flood risk before you buy or rent a seafront property

Flood maps are difficult to decipher. But understanding the risk is critical for people wanting to live and work by the coast.

Scott Mahadeo, Senior Lecturer in Macroeconomics, University of Portsmouth • conversation
April 7, 2025 • ~6 min

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