Flock of ibis, Everglades National Park.
Linda Friar, National Park Service/Flickr
Rehydrating the Florida Everglades is the largest ecological restoration project in the world. Ecologist Peter Frederick explains why this massive effort is worth its multi-billion-dollar cost.
Eventually reduced rainfall hit much of Australia thanks to El Niño.
Andrew Watkins
From floods to drought, fire to famine, the 2015-16 El Nino has had a global impact.
As a result of El Niño, Africa saw droughts in many regions.
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From floods to drought, fire to famine, the 2015-16 El Nino has had a global impact.
EPA/Government of Alberta/Chris Schwarz
The recent Canadian wildfires revealed the need for cutting-edge disaster management strategies.
Could this become a regular occurance?
MTAPhotos/flickr
Cities’ metros and subways are threatened by rising flood risks but innovative engineering could protect them.
Hard surfaces increase the risk of urban flooding.
Chesapeake Bay Program/Flickr
A proliferation of concrete is increasing the risk of urban flooding. The solution? More gardens.
EPA/Franclk Robichon
Scientists are setting Japan on the road to recovery, using data to protect against future disasters.
johnmcq/Flickr
The odds of being hit again by a large flood are higher for cities that have already been flooded before. Here’s why we still don’t move away.
Are you a beaver believer?
Sokolov Alexey
The case for why this dog-sized rather laid-back herbivore should be reintroduced to the UK.
Andrew Yates/Reuters
Climate change makes extreme weather more likely – but we also have the power to make our flood responses smarter.
Flooded, embanked tributary of the River Eden in Cumbria. Image from a small unmanned aerial vehicle.
Neil Entwistle @salfordhydro
There’s a short window of opportunity to gather the data needed to fully assess the impact of changes to rivers and floodplains on flooding.
Teetering: Abergeldie Castle.
Russell Cheyne
Storm Frank has left one of the Queen’s neighbours in Aberdeenshire on the verge of collapsing into a river. Here’s what you do about it.
Here come the rains to Hollywood and Southern California.
skinnylawyer/flickr
The flood-control infrastructure built to weather heavy rains in Los Angeles sends runoff to sea – a poor design for drought-worried California.
Cycling man/Flickr
The mechanisms are there - but where’s the evidence?
Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters
Poor planning can make natural disasters much, much worse.
hilts uk/Flickr
Instead of trying to maintain our usual routines in the face of huge disruptions, we should use them as a welcome opportunity to mix things up.
Evacuees gather at a rescue centre after this month’s floods in the Philippines. But for many women the danger doesn’t end here.
EPA/Francis R. Malasig/AAP
Climate change isn’t gender-neutral. The effects are likely to hit the world’s poorest women hardest of all, because they are more likely to lack the resources to escape natural disasters or disease.
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Assam state suffers from severe flooding every few years but authorities still aren’t prepared.
Levees in New Orleans were unable to prevent flooding during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA
Delta cities in both rich and poor countries face uphill, and potentially costly, battle in containing risk from flooding.
Flooding during Hurricane Sandy devastated New York City’s transportation and power infrastructure.
Jason Howie/flickr
Study finds higher risk of flooding from a combination of storm surge and heavy precipitation, particularly along the East Coast of the US.