Researchers have found a strong correlation between the number of days with widespread, synchronous fire danger and resource allocation across the western United States. Read More »Natural Hazards
Infrastructure projects like roads and dams destabilize slopes and compound the effects of glacial floods and avalanches, scientists say.Read More »Biogeosciences
A study of trends in wildfire occurrence over the past 30 years shows that environmental, climatic, and human-related factors can point out regions with high fire probabilities. Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
Observations from the newest geostationary Earth-observing satellites are offering valuable views of fire progression and smoke plume development and helping simulate impacts from large wildfires.Read More »Climate Change
Dew point temperature better explains precipitation change with warming than temperature itself, and the relation is more spatially coherent than previously thought.Read More »Mathematical Geophysics
In the March issue of Eos, we look at how scientists who study earthquakes, floods, and other hazards are factoring people into their models.Read More »Natural Hazards
People in rural communities are often hit disproportionately hard by natural hazards, largely because of in-equitable and inflexible risk reduction policies. But there are ways to change that.Read More »
Natural hazard impacts and resources allocated for risk reduction and disaster recovery are often inequitably distributed. New research is developing and applying methods to measure these inequities.Read More »
