When an extreme weather event occurs, the probability or risk of other events can often increase, leading to what researchers ...

Risk models can’t rely just on the past anymore. A team of geoscientists suggest new ways to forecast evolving hazards in ...

It’s a challenging time for national park research. One dedicated atmospheric scientist is soldiering on anyway.

Texas finds itself sandwiched in between weather systems. This pattern will continue to send moisture from the Gulf of Mexico ...

California’ s Central Valley- one of the nation’ s most critical agricultural regions and home to over 1.3 million people- is prone to flooding. The research, published June 4 in the Journal of Flood ...

Atmospheric rivers can contribute up to 30 to 50% of the West Coast's annual precipitation on average. While these rivers ...

Pajaro Valley flood victims are still waiting for relief, and the over 1,000 plaintiffs suing the government agencies are ...

The global level of CO2 has reached the point dreaded by scientists. It will have unprecedented effects worldwide on ...

The odds of a tsunami forming and hitting Louisiana as a result of tectonic plates colliding is very low, but there is ...

The disaster response price tag over the last 50 years is 10% of the national debt. This should motivate invention of ...

A hurricane warning has been issued for part of Mexico’s Pacific coast as Tropical Storm Erick intensified. Erick was ...

Atmospheric rivers, while vital for replenishing water on the U.S. West Coast, are also the leading cause of floods though ...