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The usual way we calculate the economic damage of natural disasters underestimates their true toll – which is key to understanding the costs of climate change.
Hurricane Harvey swamped much of Houston in 2017, causing more damage than all other US hurricanes except Katrina. But now the city is authorizing construction in zones at high risk for flooding.
The 2018 hurricane season starts on June 1, with some communities still recovering from 2017 storms. Scholars offer insights about where the risks lie and who is most vulnerable during and after hurricanes.
After disasters, communities often push to rebuild as quickly as possible. A public health expert says they should aim higher and fix problems that exist pre-storm.
New research suggests politics and risk perception may explain why the US and Caribbean see climate change so differently, though both places are ever more vulnerable to powerful hurricanes.
The governor of Puerto Rico has ordered a recount of the official death toll for Hurricane Maria. The real number is likely higher by the hundreds. What happened?
A meteorologist and a music technologist team up to turn the data from tropical storms into musical graphs.
Five years after Superstorm Sandy, we see how disadvantaged social groups suffered more from the storm before and after – much as we’re seeing in Hurricanes Harvey and Maria.
A cashless society depends on three things, all of which have failed in recent weeks as a result of natural disasters and security breaches.
With this technology, citizen scientists could even help to predict the damage caused by future disasters.
Very few Atlantic hurricanes travel northwards like this.
There’s something in the old adage, ‘there’s no place like home’.
Natural disasters expose people to toxic gases, bacterial illness and other serious dangers. How can people maximize their safety as they return home?
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.
An expert in post-disaster reconstruction explains what works, and what doesn’t, when it comes to rebuilding a city.
For the first time in years, Americans are acutely aware of the perils of extreme weather, but don’t expect views on climate risks to shift overnight.
What scientists know – and don’t know – about the linkage between climate change and hurricanes.
Would putting power lines underground avoid hurricanes knocking out electricity service for millions of people? The answer is not as straightforward as it seems.
Top contributors
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Huffington Foundation Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University
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AXA Chair in Coastal Resilience & Research Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Clinical Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Researcher, Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (ICAS), University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Study of Inequalities, Social Justice, and Policy, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Alabama
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Furman Public Policy Scholar, New York University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Coastal Flood Risk, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science, Indiana University
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Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida
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Professor of History, Drexel University
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Faculty in Medical Toxicology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard University
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PhD Candidate in Disaster Risk Reduction, UCL
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Lecturer in Urban Development Planning, University of Manchester
