Tag: The Conversation
Florida condo collapse – searching for answers about what went wrong...
By Norb Delatte, Oklahoma State University
The collapse of a huge condominium building near Miami was shocking news to wake up to on the morning...
How to consume news while maintaining your sanity
Aly Colón, Washington and Lee University
The amount and variety of news produced today often test people’s ability to determine its value and veracity. Such...
What’s a 100-year flood? A hydrologist explains
By Robert Mace, Texas State University
A 100-year flood, like a 100-year storm, is one so severe it has only a 1% chance of hitting...
Millions are rejecting one of humanity’s best weapons for saving lives: Vaccines
By S. Jay Olshansky, University of Illinois at Chicago; Leonard Hayflick, University of California, San Francisco, and Ronald Hershow, University of Illinois at Chicago
A...
What’s the G-7? An international economist explains
By Emily J. Blanchard, Dartmouth College
The Group of 7 is an informal group of seven powerful democracies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United...
Bringing tech innovation to wildfires: 4 recommendations for smarter firefighting as...
By Natasha Stavros, Director of the Earth Lab Analytics Hub, University of Colorado Boulder and republished from The Conversation
Record-breaking fires over the past decade...
Hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, floods – whatever your local risk, here’s how...
Hurricane Season 2021
By Erik Salna, Florida International University
The approach of summer in the U.S. means that it’s time to be ready for hurricanes and...
What is food insecurity?
By Caitlin Caspi, University of Connecticut
Among the many striking images from the pandemic is an aerial photo showing cars in seemingly endless rows lined...
Hurricane warnings and advice can get lost in translation, leaving migrants...
Hurricane Season 2021
By Amer Hamad Issa Abukhalaf, and Jason von Meding, University of Florida
Forecasters expect another active Atlantic hurricane season after a record-breaker in...
The forgotten history of Memorial Day
By Richard Gardiner, Columbus State University
In the years following the bitter Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by former Confederates...