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.
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Do You Know Your Home’s Flood Risk?
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.
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Investing in Science to Improve Climate Risk Management
Integrating Earth science research and observations into adaptation planning helps identify effective strategies to manage climate risks.
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Calculating the Risk of Rare Floods
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.
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The Long and Winding Road: Making Resilience Real
As humans face an inherently riskier world, a special collection in Earth’s Future explores thematic, theoretical, and empirical approaches to resilient decision-making.
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Can We Build Useful Models of Future Risk from Natural Hazards?
Geoprocesses, Geohazards—CSDMS 2018: A CSDMS hosted Workshop; Boulder, Colorado, 22–24 May 2018
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Global Drought Clustering Could Mean Big Losses for Mining
Long-term climate records could help mining companies and their investors assess the financial risk of water shortages.
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Tracking Trends in U.S. Flood Risk
As floods become more frequent around the globe, scientists work to pinpoint what puts certain regions at risk.
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White House: National Security Plans Must Consider Climate Risks
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.
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Perspectives on Climate Tipping Points
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.