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.
diversity, equity, & inclusion
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Where Do People Fit into a Global Hazard Model?
By incorporating human systems, scientists are modeling geohazards with equity in mind.
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Natural Hazards Have Unnatural Impacts—What More Can Science Do?
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.
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When Climate Adaptation Intervention Risks Further Marginalization
Many climate adaptation interventions focus excessively on the effects of climate change and less on examinations of what drives vulnerability.
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Why Aren’t There More Journal Papers by African Geoscientists?
Africa is a geoscientist’s dream. But new research shows that less than 4% of the world’s high-impact geoscience papers focus on Africa, and few of those have even one African author.
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Si las Princesas Disney Fueran Científicas de la Tierra y el Medioambiente…
Bienvenidos a un universo alternativo donde el felices por siempre incluye una dedicación al método científico.
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La comprensión de nuestro medio ambiente requiere una cosmovisión indígena
A medida que las comunidades de geociencias y de creación de políticas comienzan a reconocer la importancia de incluir el conocimiento indígena en su trabajo, debemos darle el valor adecuado con tiempo y financiación equitativos.
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Student-Led Diversity Audits: A Strategy for Change
A group at the University of Oxford designed a new way to identify and present solutions to faculty that address inequities in the school’s Department of Earth Sciences.
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Cover Crops, Sensors, and Food Security
Forward-Thinking Ideas for the USDA’s Agriculture Innovation Agenda
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Climate Change Uproots Global Agriculture
Climate change is shifting where ideal growing conditions exist and is leaving farmers behind. How can we secure our future food supply and support the people who grow it?