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Millions of people around the world suffered through deadly flooding and long-lasting heat waves in 2022. A climate scientist explains the rising risks.
A look back at hurricane history suggests we may be significantly underestimating future risks.
Dozens of homes near Daytona Beach collapsed or were left unstable when Hurricane Nicole struck. Here’s what can be done to reduce that kind of risk.
Research shows that coastal businesses’ hurricane recovery depends on workers being able to return.
More than 22 million people currently live in Florida following a century of rapid growth.
A recovery expert explains what these estimates include and what could be done to make disasters less costly.
Artificial intelligence can spot differences in images from before and after a storm over wide areas in almost real time. It showed Hurricane Ian’s vast damage in Florida.
Amid a number of major crises, the world clearly needs radical change. But what will it look like? The desire to return to pre-pandemic ‘normal’ is powerful, but ‘normal’ is what got us where we are today.
About 9% of homeowner property claims nationwide are filed in Florida, yet 79% of lawsuits related to property claims are filed there.
Many government agencies help people whose lives are thrown off course, but not everyone is eligible or able to access that aid.
Warming ocean water is ‘rocket fuel’ for increasingly destructive hurricanes.
Research on Hurricane Harvey found that flood insurance and strong social networks were key factors in determining how quickly people recovered, regardless of socioeconomic status.
Two hurricane and climate scientists explain what’s known – and still unknown – about global warming’s influence on intensity, rainfall and much more.
Coastal hospitals are still at high risk, nearly two decades after Hurricane Katrina’s flood disaster at Memorial Medical Center shocked the world.
For some people, the risks associated with leaving can seem more dangerous than the storm.
The meteorologist leading NOAA’s 2022 hurricane field program describes flying through eyewalls and the technology in these airborne labs for tracking rapid intensification in real time.
Much of the state is at risk of heavy rainfall, and the coast could see devastating storm surge, particularly around Tampa Bay.
How do the narrow ribbons of sand that line the Atlantic and Gulf coasts withstand the force of hurricanes? The answer lies in their shape-shifting abilities.
Top contributors
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Lamont Research Professor of Ocean and Climate Physics, Columbia University
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor of Engineering, Auburn University
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Assistant Professor of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut
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Adjunct professor, Flagler College
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Assistant Professor of Communication, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
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DPhil Candidate in Environmental Research, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Research Meteorologist, University of Miami
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Globalization, McMaster University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Rice University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor of History, University of Miami
