More flooding means more industrial pollution exposure

Flooding is exposing more people to industrial pollution, researchers say. The risks are greatest in cities and for marginalized people.

Amy McCaig-Rice University • futurity
June 29, 2022 ~4 min

Britain's first wetland 'super reserve' offers boost to nature-based solutions to climate change

Somerset Wetlands national nature reserve merges and extends six existing protected sites.

Christian Dunn, Senior Lecturer in Natural Sciences, Bangor University • conversation
June 7, 2022 ~6 min


AI and machine learning are improving weather forecasts, but they won't replace human experts

Would you trust a weather forecast made by a machine that had learned how weather systems behaved by reviewing thousands of past weather maps?

Aaron Hill, Research Scientist, Colorado State University • conversation
May 26, 2022 ~10 min

Rivers can suddenly change course – scientists used 50 years of satellite images to learn where and how it happens

Millions of people around the world live on river deltas and are vulnerable when those rivers shift direction. A new study shows why and where these events, called avulsions, happen.

Vamsi Ganti, Assistant Professor of Geography, University of California Santa Barbara • conversation
May 26, 2022 ~9 min

California Permitting Its Rivers More Space to Flow

VOA Learning English • voa
April 24, 2022 ~7 min

Climate change will transform how we live, but these tech and policy experts see reason for optimism

Solutions already exist. What’s holding humanity back is the will to get past the status quo and embrace innovation.

Elisabeth Gilmore, Associate Professor of Climate Change, Technology and Policy, Carleton University • conversation
April 18, 2022 ~8 min

Coastal home buyers are ignoring rising flood risks, despite clear warnings and rising insurance premiums

We asked 680 Florida real estate agents what they’re seeing in the market. Here’s what they said.

Toby W. Bolsen, Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University • conversation
March 25, 2022 ~9 min

How a deluge of lockdown volunteers rescued UK's hidden weather history

New data has revealed rainfall records from as far back as 1677.

Ed Hawkins, Professor of Climate Science, University of Reading • conversation
March 25, 2022 ~8 min


As sea levels rise, coastal megacities will need more than flood barriers

Flood threatened settlements must get everyone involved in an effort to become truly resilient cities.

Olalekan Adekola, Senior Lecturer in Geography, York St John University • conversation
March 15, 2022 ~5 min

How satellites are helping us to understand deadly avalanches

Remote sensing satellites provide the crucial data that helps scientists model disasters so that they can work on predicting avalanche patterns in future.

Lydia Sam, Lecturer in Earth Observation & Planetary Science, University of Aberdeen • conversation
March 3, 2022 ~8 min

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