Tag: Extreme weather

Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting a growing global risk as mountain glaciers melt

Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting a growing global risk as mountain glaciers melt

Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the Southwest into permanent drought

Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the Southwest into permanent drought

Inside an urban heat island, one street can be much hotter than its neighbor – new tech makes it easier to target cooling projects

Inside an urban heat island, one street can be much hotter than its neighbor – new tech makes it easier to target cooling projects

It’s challenging to predict extreme thunderstorms — improving this will help reduce their deadly and costly impacts

It’s challenging to predict extreme thunderstorms — improving this will help reduce their deadly and costly impacts

History shows why FEMA is essential in disasters, and how losing independent agency status hurt its ability to function

History shows why FEMA is essential in disasters, and how losing independent agency status hurt its ability to function

new method can more accurately attribute environmental harm to individual polluters

new method can more accurately attribute environmental harm to individual polluters

Which wildfire smoke plumes are hazardous? New satellite tech can map them in 3D for air quality alerts at neighborhood scale

Which wildfire smoke plumes are hazardous? New satellite tech can map them in 3D for air quality alerts at neighborhood scale

Why 2025 became the summer of flash flooding in America

Why 2025 became the summer of flash flooding in America

Farewell to summer? ‘Haze’ and ‘trash’ among Earth’s new seasons as climate change and pollution play havoc

Farewell to summer? ‘Haze’ and ‘trash’ among Earth’s new seasons as climate change and pollution play havoc

Many Texas communities are dangerously unprepared for floods − lack of funding plays a big role

Many Texas communities are dangerously unprepared for floods − lack of funding plays a big role

When disasters fall out of the public eye, survivors continue to suffer – a rehabilitation professional explains how sustained mental health support is critical to recovery

When disasters fall out of the public eye, survivors continue to suffer – a rehabilitation professional explains how sustained mental health support is critical to recovery

FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks, leaving homeowners unprepared

FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks, leaving homeowners unprepared