In Just 10 Years, Warming Has Increased the Odds of Disasters
The likelihood of extreme events today is being underestimated, new research suggests
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The Hidden Toll of Wildfires
A huge aerial campaign seeks to understand the effects of biomass smoke on human health
Yes, Climate Change Did Influence Australia’s Unprecedented Bushfires
Such an extreme fire season is at least 30 percent more likely because of global warming, a new analysis finds
Homes in U.S. Flood Zones Are Vastly Overvalued
Requirements to disclose flood risk could help discourage development in inundation-prone areas
Unnatural Disasters: “Puerto Rico’s Still Shaking”
Puerto Rico’s earthquake swarm is ongoing; so is the government’s lack of assistance. Here’s how you can help
Studies Sound Alarm on “Badly Out-of-Date” FEMA Flood Maps
The billions of dollars needed to update the maps would be offset by the flood damage avoided, experts say
Geobits: Highly Volcanic Edition
Lava lakes and flank instability and ice volcanoes ahoy!
Racial Inequalities in Housing Extend to Flood Buyout Programs
Whiter, wealthier communities disproportionately benefit from government programs to purchase flood-damaged homes
Second Year of Major Spring Floods Forecast for U.S. Heartland
Swollen rivers could impede levee repairs, inundate homes and delay the planting of crops
Cracks in the Caribbean: “The Building Was Shaking like Paper”
What’s up with all the shaking in the Caribbean? It’s business as usual on a geologic timescale
How to Make a Mass Extinction
Journalist and author Peter Brannen talks about his book The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth’s Past Mass Extinctions ...
Thousands of Ancient Aboriginal Sites Probably Damaged in Australian Fires
The sites are rich in cultural history, but the blazes might also reveal some unknown ones, say archaeologists
Updates on Puerto Rico and Whakaari/White Island, Plus Taal Volcano Erupts
The year 2019 ended with a tragic bang, and 2020 is already a busy one for geologic disasters. Here’s the latest
Earth’s 40 Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters of 2019: 4th Most Billion-Dollar Events on Record
Seven nations or territories see their costliest weather disasters in history
Catastrophic Australian Bushfires Derail Research
But scientists see chance to control invasive species and study ecosystem disruption
Can We Predict Earthquakes At All?
If we can predict hurricanes, floods, and tornados to differing degrees of reliability, why don’t we know when the next big earthquake will come?
Will Taal Volcano Explosively Erupt? Here’s What Scientists Are Watching
The seismic rumblings of the Philippines’ second most active volcano hold clues to what it might do
Wildfires Could Transform Amazon from Carbon Sink to Source
Rising temperatures and increased deforestation increase the risks for CO2-emitting fires
Puerto Rico, Devastated by Earthquakes, Needs Our Help
A life is lost, homes are damaged and destroyed, and an iconic Puerto Rican landform is no more. Here are what happened and how you can help
A Rogues’ Gallery of the Five Category 5 Storms of 2019
The two Atlantic Category 5 hurricanes and three Northwest Pacific Category 5 super typhoons of 2019 set records
