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How to move beyond the warm words about tackling urban heat islands to doing something about them.
The group, founded in 1871, didn’t try to smother virtually all gun control efforts until the mid-1970s.
Advocates of gun control may despair in the wake of mass shootings like the one in Parkland, Florida, but the history of government support for the gun industry shows Americans have more sway than they think.
Climate change is raising global sea levels. Now research shows that ‘hot spots’ where seas rise another 4 to 5 inches in five years can occur along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, further magnifying floods.
Charitable giving and government aid can shortchange disasters that follow other disasters.
Have you ever struggled to understand exactly what to do inside a voting booth?
Climate change will increase the risk of owning properties in coastal cities like Miami – but the insurance industry is
The military can make a big difference right away but humanitarian deployments should generally be rare and brief.
New research by scholars, conservationists and the insurance industry shows that coastal wetlands provide hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of protection from flooding, boosting the case for protecting them.
The bills now pending in Congress won’t do what it will take.
Pictures of ocean bays emptied of water as Hurricane Irma moved through the Caribbean and Florida show that storm surges can move away from the coast, as well as onto it.
The desire to help during emergencies like Hurricane Irma is admirable. Doing some homework might make your contributions go farther.
Governments, academic institutions and private companies are all spending millions of dollars. But the most effective solutions to the cybersecurity labor shortage will not be found individually.
Lightning strikes are powerful – but we haven’t had solid estimates of their energy until now. Researchers turned to the hollow stone tubes they create by vaporizing sand for more precise calculations.
From coast to coast, the 2016 election has torn up the usual order.
Every four years, voters in Florida are more in demand than almost any in the US. And this year they’re especially exhausted.
Often dismissed as a solid Republican bloc, the southern states are anything but.
New data from researchers at Brandeis University suggest that the Jewish vote is important in key Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida counties.
A computer model suggests that while more cases of Zika can be expected in the continental U.S. outbreaks will probably be small and are not projected to spread.
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