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Displaying 60 of about 802 resultsPeople from nations vulnerable to climate change - like the Marshall Islands and Honduras - are helping the United States to better prepare for its impacts.
• Immigrants in United States seen as having key community role
• Nonprofits provide training and jobs, and deliver local programs
• Migration set to rise globally as climate change worsens
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Across the country, thermostats are rising into previously unimagined realms. It’s been a summer of record-setting heat across Europe and the United States, including California. Climatologists don’t expect them to be record highs for long.
“At this point in the state of California, there are some places where just by mid-century we're expecting about…
Locals are tracking temperatures, humidity and other data to help officials protect those living in sweltering 'heat islands'
Residents track 'heat islands' in their cities
Hot weather kills more than 700 Americans on average each year
Trees, reflective road coatings can help cities cool down
Phyllis Robinson has noticed temperatures creeping up…
The aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria highlighted vulnerabilities in Puerto Rico's water sector. Hurricane damage spanned Puerto Rico's water infrastructure, including drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and flood control, as well as its water resources. This damage was attributed to multiple causes: the preexisting vulnerability of the water se…
UCLA-led analysis highlights gaps in municipal planning for often dangerous heat
This month, Denver, Las Vegas and Phoenix all posted record high temperatures. And across the nation, Americans are ramping up for a scorching summer. Yet despite more frequent and intense heat waves on the horizon, cities are underprepared to deal with the challenge, acco…
This report projects the future of Caribbean urban infrastructure, and makes a case for the joint implementation of ecosystem-based and structural adaptation responses to reduce adaptation costs. By 2050, it is projected that 80% of the Caribbean population will live in coastal cities. The region’s urban infrastructure is particularly vulnerable to coas…
This study aims to quantify the contribution of National Forest System (NFS) and other forested lands to surface drinking water supply systems in the conterminous United States (CONUS). As such, the researchers and authors of this report estimated the surface water supply and the origin of that water at each public surface drinking water intake using a…
The Yukon River Basin (YRB) is one of the most important river networks shared between Canada and The United States, and is one of the largest river basins in the subarctic region of North America. The Canadian part of the YRB is characterized by steeply sloped, partly glaciated mountain headwaters that generate considerable runoff during melt of glacie…
This report summarizes the most recent scientific understanding of climate risk factors pertinent to Greater Boston, including storms, precipitation, flooding, groundwater, temperatures, and sea-level rise. During the writing of the inaugural Boston Research Advisory Group (BRAG) report both NASA and NOAA announced that 2015 was the warmest year on reco…
In an airplane hangar in Miami, engineers are recreating some of the most powerful hurricane winds to ever strike land. These Category 5 winds can shatter a test building in the blink of an eye.
Yet they aren’t powerful enough to keep up with nature.
When engineers built the Wall of Wind test facility 10 years ago at Florida Internatio…
Experts are suggesting nature-based solutions for coastal erosion while Newfoundlanders look to save homes and cemeteries from rising sea levels, but Canada’s coastal risk management policy is not keeping pace with the impacts from climate change.
“While stories of children stumbling over bleached human remains might make for a killer opening to a fair…
Climate scientists found that many regions of the world will enter permanent dry or wet conditions in the coming decades, under modern definitions. The findings reveal the importance of rethinking classification as well as response to these events.
Maps of the American West have featured ever darker shades of red over the past two decades. The colors i…
The United States’ tsunami system is in need of a major update, with ongoing problems that include outdated software, delayed alerts and poor communication to the public, according to a panel of tsunami experts. Its recent report sees “an urgent need for action” and advises the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to overhaul…
The Covid pandemic has rightly received most of the blame for global supply chain upheavals in the last two years. But the less publicized threat to supply chains from climate change poses a far more serious threat and is already being felt, scholars and experts say.
The pandemic is “a temporary problem,” while climate change is “long-term dire,” said…
This publication showcases four women in Malawi, Guatemala, Madagascar and Nicaragua who thanks to risk finance were able to overcome climate shock, build resilience, and help their families and communities. As climate change increases the probability of climate-related disasters, people living in vulnerable areas and whose livelihoods are dependent on…