February 13, 2019
Comment: After a disaster, should you gamble on returning? Paradise edition
Rumor has it that Paradise, Calif., might have originally been named “Par-O-Dice,” after a saloon that was supposedly there during the gold rush …
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July 3, 2018
Natural solutions could save $50 billion in Gulf Coast flood damages
As coastal development skyrockets and the effects of climate change escalate, flooding is becoming an increasingly common threat. A new …
June 5, 2018
Hazards in paradise: Indonesia prepares for natural disasters
With a little imagination, it’s not hard to see a natural hazard map of Indonesia as a dartboard with many bull’s-eyes. Throw a dart anywhere in …
March 19, 2018
Down to Earth With: Conservation engineer Emily Pidgeon
“I can be a very blunt object,” says Emily Pidgeon, describing how she moves through the world and how she approaches her work. Her Australian …
August 11, 2017
When schools shake: Keeping students and teachers safe during earthquakes
When the magnitude-7.8 Gorkha earthquake rocked Nepal on April 25, 2015, it destroyed 19,000 classrooms and damaged more than 30,000 others. The …
May 16, 2016
Comment: Assessing the threat from massive rock slope failures in the Norwegian fjordlands
All high-latitude coastlines with pronounced relief are characteristically incised by deep fjords — carved by repeated glacial cycles — reaching …
February 2, 2015
First tsunami refuge under construction on Washington coast
In April 2013, voters in two counties on Washington’s Pacific coast approved a $13.8 million bond for school renovations in the shared Ocosta …
January 5, 2015
Comment: Supersites: Sharing geoscience data for science and society
When major geologic hazards strike, they gain global attention. Disaster responders and scientists want remote sensing and in-situ observations …
October 30, 2014
Comment: How much hazard mitigation is enough?
After Hurricane Sandy caused about $65 billion of damage to the U.S. East Coast in 2012, the question of how to reduce damage from future storms …
January 20, 2012
Voices: Humans at high temperatures
Reconsidering the economic implications of climate change How much will it cost to implement plans to mitigate climate change? And if we don’t …