Hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, floods – whatever your local risk, here's how to be more weather-ready

Federal weather scientists are pushing to make the US more 'weather-ready,' which could mean prepping for fires, flooding or storms depending on where you live. The common factor: thinking ahead.

Erik Salna, Associate Director of Education and Outreach, Extreme Events Institute, Florida International University • conversation
June 3, 2021 • ~9 min

Climate change: how bad could the future be if we do nothing?

A future of heat and strife or humanity’s finest hour – our response to climate change today will define the 21st century.

Mark Maslin, Professor of Earth System Science, UCL • conversation
May 6, 2021 • ~9 min

This supermoon has a twist – expect flooding, but a lunar cycle is masking effects of sea level rise

That doesn't mean sea level rise has stopped – it hasn't. When that lunar cycle starts upward again, it will mean double trouble for places like Miami.

Brian McNoldy, Senior Research Associate, University of Miami • conversation
April 23, 2021 • ~7 min

No, floods didn’t bring down ancient city of Cahokia

Whatever ultimately caused inhabitants to abandon Cahokia, it wasn't because they cut down too many trees, an investigation finds.

Talia Ogliore-WUSTL • futurity
April 13, 2021 • ~7 min

Houston floods sent gross bacteria to offshore reefs

Runoff from two Houston floods carried human waste onto coral reefs more than 100 miles offshore, research finds.

Jade Boyd-Rice • futurity
April 9, 2021 • ~9 min

Houston floods sent gross bacteria to offshore reefs

Runoff from two Houston floods carried human waste onto coral reefs more than 100 miles offshore, research finds.

Jade Boyd-Rice • futurity
April 9, 2021 • ~9 min

How to make sure Biden's infrastructure plan can hold up to climate change – and save money

With adaptive design, infrastructure is ready to be expanded in the future. It's working for the Dutch.

Jeremy Bricker, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan • conversation
March 30, 2021 • ~8 min

Cumbria coal mine could usher in a net-zero-compliant fossil fuel industry – or prove it was always a fantasy

Woodhouse Colliery would be the UK's first new deep coal mine in three decades.

Nathalie Seddon, Professor of Biodiversity, University of Oxford • conversation
Feb. 9, 2021 • ~7 min

Sea-level rise: writers imagined drowned worlds for centuries – what they tell us about the future

Cultures worldwide are awash with tales of great floods. What can they tell us about the reality of a wetter world?

Chelsea Haith, DPhil Candidate in Contemporary English Literature, University of Oxford • conversation
Jan. 28, 2021 • ~7 min

Storm Christoph: UK flood response improving, but lockdown confused the messaging

Clear messaging is crucial when dealing with multiple disasters.

Lee Miles, Professor of Crisis & Disaster Management, Bournemouth University • conversation
Jan. 22, 2021 • ~5 min

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