Flood risk ratings: Translating risk to future costs helps homebuyers and renters grasp the odds

Telling people they have a flood risk rating of 10 is less powerful than explaining how much they’re likely to pay to deal with flooding over the next five years.

Marie Aquilino, Senior Research Analyst in Emergency Management, Arizona State University • conversation
July 28, 2022 ~7 min

A better way to do flood and wildfire risk ratings: Translating risk to future costs helps homebuyers and renters grasp the odds

Telling people they have a flood risk rating of 10 is less powerful than explaining how much they’re likely to pay to deal with flooding over the next five years.

Marie Aquilino, Senior Research Analyst in Emergency Management, Arizona State University • conversation
July 28, 2022 ~7 min


Flood and wildfire risks: Translating risk ratings into future costs can help homebuyers and renters grasp the odds – and act on them

Telling people they have a flood risk rating of 10 is less powerful than explaining how much they’re likely to pay to deal with flooding over the next five years.

Marie Aquilino, Senior Research Analyst in Emergency Management, Arizona State University • conversation
July 28, 2022 ~7 min

Ice world: Antarctica's riskiest glacier is under assault from below and losing its grip

Thwaites Glacier’s ice shelf appears to be splintering, and scientists fear it could give way in the next few years. A polar scientist takes us on a tour under the ice to explain the forces at work.

Ted Scambos, Senior Research Scientist, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
June 7, 2022 ~12 min

Scientists in Antarctica discover a vast, salty groundwater system under the ice sheet – with implications for sea level rise

Liquid water below the ice determines how fast an ice stream flows. As the ice sheet gets thinner, more of that salty groundwater could rise.

Chloe Gustafson, Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Geophysics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego • conversation
May 5, 2022 ~9 min

In Antarctica, scientists discover a vast, salty groundwater system under the ice sheet – with implications for sea level rise

Liquid water below the ice determines how fast an ice stream flows. As the ice sheet gets thinner, more of that salty groundwater could rise.

Chloe Gustafson, Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Geophysics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego • conversation
May 5, 2022 ~9 min

How fast can we stop Earth from warming?

If fossil fuel burning stopped, emerging research suggests air temperatures could level off sooner than expected. But that doesn’t mean the damage stops.

Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan • conversation
March 29, 2022 ~7 min

Conger ice shelf has collapsed: what you need to know, according to experts

For the first time since satellites started studying the continent, East Antarctica has lost an entire ice shelf.

Bertie Miles, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Geosciences, University of Edinburgh • conversation
March 28, 2022 ~6 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

Concrete fuels climate change – but there's a nature-friendly way to defend coasts from rising seas

New breakwater designs and more sustainable materials can cut the carbon cost of coastal defences by 40%.

Ali Abbas, Associate Professor of Structural Engineering, University of East London • conversation
March 22, 2022 ~7 min

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