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Highway near Los Angeles damaged after heavy rain
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Is Your Home at Risk of Experiencing a Natural Disaster?

by Sarah Derouin 11 August 20215 October 2021

In the contiguous United States, 57% of structures are at risk of experiencing at least one natural hazard—and risk is driven by greater development in hazardous areas against a backdrop of climate change.

A flooded home in Braithwaite, La., after Hurricane Isaac in 2012
Posted inOpinions

Do You Know Your Home’s Flood Risk?

by E. J. Kearns, M. Amodeo and J. Porter 29 June 202019 October 2021

Search for your address in this new database and get an easy to understand indicator of the potential for flooding now and over the next several decades as climate change alters our environment.

The Norfolk skyline as seen from across the Elizabeth River in 2016
Posted inOpinions

Investing in Science to Improve Climate Risk Management

by V. Srikrishnan, R. Alley and K. Keller 16 August 2019

Integrating Earth science research and observations into adaptation planning helps identify effective strategies to manage climate risks.

Flooding in Colfax, Iowa, in August 2010.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Calculating the Risk of Rare Floods

by Elizabeth Thompson 1 May 20191 May 2019

The first spatially realistic catalog of synthetic flood event risk across the entire United States uncovers high-risk areas and estimates the probability of another Katrina–level flood loss.

Winding road
Posted inEditors' Vox

The Long and Winding Road: Making Resilience Real

by R. Q. Grafton and B. van der Pluijm 25 March 201922 March 2019

As humans face an inherently riskier world, a special collection in Earth’s Future explores thematic, theoretical, and empirical approaches to resilient decision-making.

The Limpopo River in Mozambique, which can pose a threat to human infrastructure when floodwaters rise
Posted inScience Updates

Can We Build Useful Models of Future Risk from Natural Hazards?

by A. J. Kettner, I. Overeem and G. Tucker 10 September 2018

Geoprocesses, Geohazards—CSDMS 2018: A CSDMS hosted Workshop; Boulder, Colorado, 22–24 May 2018

Researchers examine how water resource management by mining companies could benefit from climate records
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Global Drought Clustering Could Mean Big Losses for Mining

by E. Underwood 28 March 2017

Long-term climate records could help mining companies and their investors assess the financial risk of water shortages.

Researchers look at how flood risk will impact different regions in a warming world.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tracking Trends in U.S. Flood Risk

by S. Witman 21 December 2016

As floods become more frequent around the globe, scientists work to pinpoint what puts certain regions at risk.

A soldier guards a United Nations peacekeeping base in northern Mali in July 2015.
Posted inNews

White House: National Security Plans Must Consider Climate Risks

by Randy Showstack 23 September 2016

Along with the new policy directive, the administration released a report on how climate changes—from more extreme weather to sea level rise—can threaten national security.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Perspectives on Climate Tipping Points

by M. Ellis 28 July 20169 February 2018

If policy makers are to make real progress, we must start meaning the same thing when we use the same words to describe climate change.

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