Hurricane

In early September 2019, President Donald J. Trump tweeted something dumb. Specifically, this time it was about the encroaching Hurricane Dorian, and the places that it would or would not hit. In addition to Florida - South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia,…

(Bloomberg) -- Officials at U.S. weather agencies warned that fallout from the Trump administrations messaging on Hurricane Dorian in 2019 would politicize scientific agencies and undermine public trust in their information. You have no idea how hard Im figh…

By the end of the century, sea level rise could force 13 million people to move away from the U.S. coasts. But its not just the coasts that will be affectedso will the places where those migrants end up. In a study published last week in PLOS One, researche…

When Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida in September 2017, the Category 5 storm offered a team of wildlife researchers a first-ever opportunity to observe behavioral responses of white-tailed deer to an extreme weather event in real time. The data collec…

These two white-tailed deer, a fawn on the left and a female wearing a GPS collar on the right, were observed during an aerial survey in Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve. Photo by Elina Garrison, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Credit: Elina Garrison, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.…

Sea-level rise will indirectly impact land-locked regions, as coastal populations move inland to seek drier ground, finds new AI study. Credit: Sergei Gussev/Flickr Commons. When Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas coast in 2017, displaced residents flocked inland, trying to rebuild their lives in the disaster's aftermath. Within decades, the…

Miami recently declared a climate emergency. It was not a symbolic gesture. The vibrant metropolis faces an existential threat as it battles rising sea levels and increasingly violent Atlantic storms. As a city, Miami has done everything it can to protect it…

Miami Beach (United States) (AFP) - Dozens of trucks have started dumping hundreds of thousands of tons of sand on Miami Beach as part of US government measures to protect Florida's tourist destinations against the effects of climate change. "We have erosion…

On Tuesday, an earthquake measuring a 6.4 magnitude struck the island of Puerto Rico, unleashing a series of aftershocks that have leveled homes and structures on the island; this earthquake closely followed a 5.8 magnitude earthquake which also struck the is…