As disadvantaged communities suffer disproportionately from natural hazards, scientists, policymakers, and emergency managers explore why policies are failing—and what can be done about it.Read More »Climate Change
Many climate adaptation interventions focus excessively on the effects of climate change and less on examinations of what drives vulnerability.Read More »Natural Hazards
Ham radio networks gear up to provide real-time, on-the-ground information about earthquake shaking and damage when other communication pathways are knocked out of commission.Read More »
There is growing evidence that some earthquakes occur seasonally but also that water loading cannot explain these observations.Read More »Natural Hazards
Cities across the United States are feeling the heat as they struggle to integrate climate science into on-the-ground decisionmaking regarding urban tree planting and management.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
As the world heats up, the number and duration of combined stress events are increasing, causing harmful environmental and human impacts.Read More »Geohealth
Rates of suicide increased most dramatically in the second year after a disaster, after many postdisaster mental health assistance programs expire.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
What do a backhoe, expanding foam, half-ton concrete blocks, and a 100-meter-long hillslope slide have in common? All were part of reviving the U.S. Geological Survey’s experimental debris flow flume.Read More »