Research briefs

UChicago researchers combine AI with statistics and physics to better estimate the odds of rare weather.

FIU researchers developed an expanded economic model to measure the value of hurricane forecasts. They included injuries, evacuation costs and the long-term consequences of forecast errors into their calculations and found a single injury costs ~$133,066.

Research shows heat amplifies the dangers of pesticides for farmworkers, and that the problem is poised to grow as the global climate warms.

A new analysis ( Reiss et al. 2026 ) explores a global database of fatal coastal cliff failures, showing that these tragic events most frequently occur in the summer months when beaches are heavily populated.

In a new paper in AGU Advances, researchers characterize the extent of India's "uncompensable heat stress" and project how the problem could worsen in the future.

Floods in Assam are a recurring result of physical and structural risk rooted in the dynamics of the Brahmaputra River system.

After modeling nearly 40 years of sediment movement from 175 rivers across the United States, researchers have discovered that many rivers are no longer delivering sediment gradually throughout the year.

A study paints a fuller picture of how heat affects respiratory health, especially in Baltimore’s socially vulnerable neighborhoods.