How climate change intensifies the water cycle, fueling extreme rainfall and flooding
Extreme water disasters like recent flooding in the Northeast have disrupted lives around the world in the past few years.
Tag: hurricanes
Forecasters now predicting ‘above normal’ hurricane season; heat records broken across Earth
The new forecast now predicts 18 named storms and nine hurricanes, four of which will be major.
Hurricane season worsens food insecurity in Florida
In 2021, more than 2 million Floridians, including 1 in 7 children, were considered food insecure.
Study: Sea-level rise will inundate 1 million Florida buildings by 2100; climate change, El Niño fuel heat waves
HighTide Intelligence conducted a three-year study to assess flood risk from rising seas.
Built-in resiliency is the best preparation for the unknowns of hurricane season
Sustainability and resiliency go a long way when it comes to strengthening our homes and protecting our communities.
Hurricanes push heat deeper into the ocean than scientists realized, boosting long-term ocean warming
New research shows that hurricanes don’t just churn water at the surface.
Solar power helps people maintain sense of normalcy during extreme weather events
Even if the grid is down, solar and batteries can keep insulin cold, older citizens comfortable and ventilators pumping.
Ocean heat is off the charts – here’s what that means for humans and ecosystems around the world
El Niño is partly to blame, but underlying everything is global warming
Raise awareness about climate change on #ShowYourStripes Day with iconic graphic
The 'warming stripes' graphic shows a shift from blue to red stripes as greenhouse gas emissions have warmed the planet
When homes flood, who retreats and to where? We mapped thousands of FEMA buyouts and found distance and race play a role
We built a nationwide database of nearly 10,000 U.S. homeowners who voluntarily sold their homes and moved through FEMA’s Hazard ...
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