Saket Soni on the People Who Make Disaster Recovery Possible
February 3, 2023
As human-driven global warming amplifies the frequency and potency of natural disasters, we are increasingly dependent on one group of workers who…
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Two Hemispheres, One Story: Reporting on Rising Seas
October 21, 2022
An undeniable reality of the climate crisis is that poorer countries in the Global South are experiencing climate-induced disasters first and worst…
Risky Business: Underinsured Against Climate Disaster
September 30, 2022
Home and property insurance is complicated and typically boring – until a disaster happens to you. In recent years, hundreds of thousands of people…
Managed Retreat: When Climate Hits Home
December 23, 2021
When it comes to rising seas and other climate threats, how do we figure out when to stay and when to go? The concept of managed retreat –…
Water and Civilization: Resilience and Collapse
September 10, 2021
Water is essential for life, and throughout human history we have sought to control and make use of it. As Giulio Boccaletti explores in his new book…
Flooding in America
August 14, 2020
“We had one of the snowiest winters on record in Lincoln and Omaha,” reports Martha Shulski of the Nebraska Climate Office. She’s describing the…
Fire and Water: A Year of Climate Conversations
December 7, 2018
From fires and floods to hurricanes and hot temperatures, 2018 put climate on the front page in ways it hadn’t been before. Yet amidst the disruption…
Weathering the Storm: Mayors of Houston, Miami and Columbia
February 8, 2018
2017 brought a raft of extreme weather disasters costing the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars in damages, including hurricanes Harvey, Irma and…
Jeff Goodell: The Water Will Come
November 9, 2017
Rising waters represent the most visible and tangible impact of climate disruption. Protecting people and property from all that water, while…
C1 Revue: Surviving a Megadrought
November 1, 2016
After last winter’s rains, Californians breathed a collective sigh of relief. But short-term weather is not the same as long-term climate. And state…