Firings at NOAA Risk Lives and Economy, Former Agency Heads Warn March 4, 2025 By Seth Borenstein The federal weather and oceans agency touches people’s daily lives in unnoticed ways, so massive firings there will likely cause...
Viewpoint: It Is Insurers’ Time to Lead a Resilience Revolution January 9, 2025 By Steven Rothstein and Francis Bouchard There is a risk crisis affecting the insurance industry. Hurricanes Helene and Milton left a trail of tens of billions...
Nearly $75M in Federal Grant Funds to Help Alaska Native Communities With Climate Impacts October 22, 2024 Nearly $75 million in federal grant funds over the next five years will be aimed at helping Alaska Native communities...
Coastal Communities Get $575M to Guard Against Floods, Other Disasters July 31, 2024 By Wayne Parry The federal government is giving more than a half-billion dollars to coastal communities to help them use nature-based preventative measures...
NOAA: Arctic Summer Surface Air Warmest on Record December 15, 2023 By Don Jergler A report out this week from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the Arctic summer surface air temperatures were...
Bill to Make Big Companies in California Disclose Emissions Worth Watching in All States July 13, 2023 By Don Jergler A bill to make large companies in California disclose their emissions is worth a watch in all states. The moving...
New Models Aim to Better Predict Storm Surge, Insured Losses From Hurricanes June 2, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports Two new hurricane forecast models promise to help property owners and insurers better predict the losses from storms that may...
Washington and Alaska Crabbers, Fishermen Seek Aid After Disaster Declaration December 21, 2022 The U.S. Department of Commerce’s disaster declaration for certain salmon and crab fisheries in Washington and Alaska opens the door...
Report: Atmospheric Storms Could Result in $3.2B in Flood Damage by Century’s End August 25, 2022 By Don Jergler Atmospheric rivers that bombard the Western U.S. from time to time could result in as much as $3.2 billion in...
March U.S. Tornado Activity Likely to Set Record April 6, 2022 By Chad Hemenway It appears there were more tornadoes across the U.S. this year in the month of March than ever before –...