Behind Uganda’s lavish beauty, climate change has taken its toll: Death, destroyed properties, and displaced communities increase as above-normal rainfall floods the country.Read More »Natural Hazards
The USA National Phenology Network is small but mighty, helping scientists and resource managers assess natural hazards and seasonal phenomena that affect society in numerous ways.Read More »Natural Hazards
Critics say companies are failing to develop adequate emergency procedures to protect construction workers on hydropower plants in the Himalayas.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
Precipitation data and high-resolution modeling suggest that extreme rainfall events under a changing climate will be shorter, more intense, and more widely spread out.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
A global study suggests that volcanic eruption forecasting and detection may be improved by examining earthquake mechanisms and clustering in combination with individual volcano properties.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
Research is increasingly showing how drought, heat, and wildfire influence each other. Ongoing collaborations provide templates for how best to study these phenomena and plan for their future impacts.Read More »Climate Change
