Storm Antoni: why naming storms is a risky business

Naming storms, streets or buildings is complicated because names are not just benign words. They are powerful cultural workhorses.

Anna-Maria Balbach, Research Project Leader, German Linguistics, University of Münster • conversation
Aug. 5, 2023 ~7 min

Hurricanes push heat deeper into the ocean than scientists realized, boosting long-term ocean warming, new research shows

Currents can carry that deep ocean heat hundreds of miles to surface again at distant shores.

Sally Warner, Associate Professor of Climate Science, Brandeis University • conversation
June 20, 2023 ~8 min


When homes flood, who retreats and to where? We mapped thousands of FEMA buyouts and found distance and race play a role

Two disaster response experts mapped who gets FEMA buyouts and where they go.

Zheye (Jay) Wang, Senior Spatial Research Analyst, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University • conversation
June 15, 2023 ~9 min

When homes flood, who retreats and to where? We mapped thousands of buyouts and found the average move is only 7 miles, and race plays a role

Two disaster response experts mapped who gets FEMA buyouts and where they go. It turns out, they don’t go far.

Zheye (Jay) Wang, Senior Spatial Research Analyst, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University • conversation
June 15, 2023 ~9 min

El Niño is back – that's good news or bad news, depending on where you live

The official forecast calls for a strong El Niño by winter, but other models suggest it might dip in and out. An atmospheric scientist explains.

Bob Leamon, Associate Research Scientist, University of Maryland, Baltimore County • conversation
June 9, 2023 ~8 min

Republicans' anti-ESG attack may be silencing insurers, but it isn’t changing their pro-climate business decisions

A ‘greenhushing’ campaign is targeting insurers, who have the power to accelerate the transition to cleaner energy in how they write policies and invest.

Rachel Kyte, Dean of the Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
June 8, 2023 ~9 min

Atlantic hurricane season 2023: El Niño and extreme Atlantic Ocean heat are about to clash

Current forecasts suggest a warm tropical Pacific will be interfering what could otherwise be a ferocious Atlantic hurricane season.

Christina Patricola, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University • conversation
May 30, 2023 ~7 min

2023 hurricane forecast: Get ready for a busy Pacific storm season, quieter Atlantic than recent years thanks to El Niño

El Niño years put Hawaii and the Mexican Riviera on alert for destructive tropical storms and hurricanes.

Nicholas Grondin, Recent PhD Graduate in Geography, University of Tennessee • conversation
May 25, 2023 ~9 min


Prediction: 2023 will be a ‘very active’ hurricane season

2023 "will be a very active hurricane season," says Xubin Zeng. "People should get prepared."

Niranjana Rajalakshmi-Arizona • futurity
May 2, 2023 ~6 min

Death risk rises for older adults with dementia after hurricanes

Older adults with Alzheimer's or other dementia have a heightened risk of death following exposure to a hurricane, research shows.

Laura Bailey-Michigan • futurity
March 16, 2023 ~5 min

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