PolicyFebruary 19, 2020
Racial Inequalities in Housing Extend to Flood Buyout Programs
Whiter, wealthier communities disproportionately benefit from government programs to purchase flood-damaged homes
Natural Disasters
Natural DisastersFebruary 10, 2020
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
New Issue: Orbital Catastrophe Ahead? Read Now
EarthJanuary 30, 2020
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.
Natural DisastersJanuary 29, 2020
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
EvolutionJanuary 27, 2020
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
OpinionJanuary 22, 2020
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
Natural DisastersJanuary 20, 2020
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
EnvironmentJanuary 19, 2020
Catastrophic Australian Bushfires Derail Research
But scientists see chance to control invasive species and study ecosystem disruption
Natural DisastersJanuary 15, 2020
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?
Natural DisastersJanuary 14, 2020
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
EarthJanuary 14, 2020
Wildfires Could Transform Amazon from Carbon Sink to Source
Rising temperatures and increased deforestation increase the risks for CO2-emitting fires
Natural DisastersJanuary 9, 2020
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