At a time when storms are becoming more frequent and severe, relying on levees for flood control can create as many problems as it solves.
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Over the past 20 years, Great Lakes water levels have gone from sustained multiyear lows to multiyear highs. Climate change is accelerating the transition between dry phases and wet phases.
Local policies can help immigrants get settled, but there is no way to protect newcomers from national policies or politics.
Recent extreme rains and weather in the Midwest are causing a multitude of problems in the topsoil that much of the nation's food supply relies on.
A climatologist who studies precipitation trends explains how climate change is projected to make flooding events in the Midwest more severe and more frequent.
Life-threatening cold temperatures in the central US are caused by changes in wind circulation in the Arctic that bring cold air south. Climate change could make these events more frequent.
Conservative skeptics of climate change may support projects focused on 'resilience' – for example, preparing a community for future major weather events.
A scholar raised by leftist San Francisco parents in the 1970s ends up teaching in the heartland, where her students represent a very different kind of politics. What she learns from them is profound.
The Ogalalla Aquifer is a vast underground lake that irrigates farms across the US Great Plains. It took thousands of years to fill, but human use could drain it in roughly a century.
There's a good reason China took aim at US soybean exports when it announced its latest list of retaliatory tariffs.
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Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
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Visiting Professor, Rutgers University
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W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History, Pomona College
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Associate Professor of Anthropology and Human Rights Center Research Fellow, University of Dayton
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Chair in Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Policy, The Ohio State University
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Associate Professor of History, Southern Illinois University
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Implementation Manager, Indiana University
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Assistant Research Scientist and Faculty Fellow, Indiana University
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Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Environmental Soil Quality/Health, Colorado State University
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Professor of Soil Management and Environment, Iowa State University
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Associate Professor of Geology, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of History, Drake University
