Victims of denial

The United States was hit by 10 hurricanes in a span of two months, even as their President fails to acknowledge the problems from changing …

Warmer Atlantic to cause more hurricanes every year: study

A study published in the journal Science says that the warming itself was a combination of natural factors and human-induced climate change

Are hurricanes strengthening more rapidly?

Just having the right water temperature and moisture won’t ensure that storms will undergo rapid intensification or become major …

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Hurricanes are now getting intense more quickly than 30 years ago

Rapid intensification occurs when the maximum wind speed in a hurricane goes up by at least 28.8 miles within a 24-hour period

Eroding coasts need protection—and new solutions are at hand

Seawalls and other common strategies to control erosion don’t always protect the land. Another possibility? Living shorelines

Natural, man-made disasters in 2017 led to economic losses worth $337 billion: study

The global loss due to natural and man-made disasters was double the 2016 mark, according to Swiss Re, a reinsurance firm