Drought can hit almost anywhere: How 5 cities that nearly ran dry got water use under control

Cities across the normally wet Northeast scrambled to reduce water use amid a 2024 drought. It was a reminder that drought isn’t a problem only in the West.

Michael Wilson, Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School • conversation
Feb. 3, 2025 • ~8 min

How for-profit nursing home regulators can use the powers they already have to fix growing problems with poor-quality care

Governments can do more to protect patients at for-profit nursing homes. A behavioral scientist who studies nursing homes weighs in.

Charlene Harrington, Professor Emeritus of Social Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco • conversation
March 14, 2024 • ~4 min

How a New York Times copyright lawsuit against OpenAI could potentially transform how AI and copyright work

The lawsuit could see other media companies move to protect their copyrighted content.

Dinusha Mendis, Professor of Intellectual Property and Innovation Law; Director Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Managament (CIPPM), Bournemouth University, Bournemouth University • conversation
Jan. 17, 2024 • ~8 min

Climate change is increasing stress on thousands of aging dams across the US

More extreme rainfall and frequent storms are raising the risk that floodwaters could spill over dams, or that dams could fail.

Hiba Baroud, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University • conversation
July 13, 2023 • ~8 min

How small wealthy suburbs contribute to regional housing problems

Small suburbs have a track record of blocking new housing. Two urban policy experts explain why that’s a problem and what metro areas could do about it.

Nicholas J. Marantz, Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy, University of California, Irvine • conversation
July 10, 2023 • ~11 min

More than two dozen cities and states are suing Big Oil over climate change – they just got a boost from the US Supreme Court

Honolulu, Baltimore, Charleston, S.C. and several other cities harmed by rising seas and extreme weather are suing the oil industry. At stake is who pays for the staggering costs of climate change.

John Dernbach, Professor of Law, Widener University • conversation
May 23, 2023 • ~8 min

6 feet of snow in Buffalo: What causes lake-effect storms like this?

Western New York got socked by a storm that dumped 6 feet of snow in parts of the region, including the home of the Buffalo Bills’ stadium. A climate scientists explains how storms like this happen.

Michael A. Rawlins, Associate Director, Climate System Research Center, UMass Amherst • conversation
Nov. 18, 2022 • ~5 min

What is lake-effect snow? A climate scientist explains

Here’s how dry Canadian wind can generate several feet of snow as it crosses the Great Lakes.

Michael A. Rawlins, Associate Director, Climate System Research Center, UMass Amherst • conversation
Nov. 18, 2022 • ~4 min

New Englanders support more offshore wind power – just don’t send it to New York

The regionalism that fuels the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry is also found in U.S. attitudes about energy production, a new study shows. That could have repercussions for the renewable energy transition.

Michael Ferguson, Assistant Professor in Recreation Management and Policy, University of New Hampshire • conversation
April 29, 2022 • ~7 min

2021’s biggest climate and weather disasters cost the U.S. $145 billion – here's what climate science says about them in 5 essential reads

Devastating wildfires, the Texas freeze and a hurricane that wreaked havoc from Louisiana to New York City topped NOAA’s list of billion-dollar disasters in 2021. (CHECK LIST)

Stacy Morford, Environment + Climate Editor • conversation
Jan. 10, 2022 • ~10 min

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