This physical effect does explain how some massive natural phenomena like hurricanes behave. But on the scale of water in your sink – not so much.
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Currents can carry that deep ocean heat hundreds of miles to surface again at distant shores.
FEMA runs the largest managed retreat program in the country, Two disaster response experts looked at the demographics of who gets those buyouts and where they go.
The official forecast calls for a strong El Niño by winter, but other models suggest it might dip in and out. An atmospheric scientist explains.
A ‘greenhushing’ campaign is targeting insurers, who have the power to accelerate the transition to cleaner energy in how they write policies and invest.
Current forecasts suggest a warm tropical Pacific will be interfering with what could otherwise be a ferocious Atlantic hurricane season.
El Niño years put Hawaii and the Mexican Riviera on alert for destructive tropical storms and hurricanes.
The Bahama warbler favours large pine trees and palms, fieldwork shows.
Climate change is making oceans more acidic globally. Now, scientists are finding that large storms can send pulses of acidic water into bays and estuaries, further stressing fish and shellfish.
A monster hurricane, destructive storms and a drought that disrupted businesses across the economy led the list of the year’s costliest disasters.
Research shows storms that might have caused minimal damage a few decades ago are becoming stronger and more destructive as the planet warms.
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.
Within two weeks of Hurricane Fiona, FEMA had accepted most Puerto Rican housing aid applications. Nearly all those early approvals cover only $700 in assistance and won’t pay the tab for rebuilding.
Research shows that coastal businesses’ hurricane recovery depends on workers being able to return.
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.
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.
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Professor Emeritus of Geography, Louisiana State University
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director, Security and Resilience Program, Northeastern University
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Furman Public Policy Scholar, New York University
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Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Postdoctoral research associate, The University of Edinburgh
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Adjunct professor, Flagler College
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Research Fellow, American University School of Public Affairs
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PhD Candidate in Political Science and International Relations, Queen's University, Ontario
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Distinguished Scholar, NCAR; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan
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AXA Chair in Coastal Resilience & Research Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Beaty Water Research Centre, Queen's University, Ontario
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Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science and Colorado State Climatologist, Colorado State University
