Q+A: How can kelp DNA help us detect earthquakes?
New research has suggested a novel way to measure and potentially predict previously unknown locations that may be prone to earthquakes. The study, led by Professor Jon Waters at the University of Otago, confirms that the region around the New Zealand city of Dunedin...
How did the earthquakes affect the mental health of the people of Canterbury?
By Ben Beaglehole & Joseph Boden How did the earthquakes affect the mental health of the people of Canterbury? Ben Beaglehole and Joseph Boden discuss their research. Cantabrians have endured much hardship over the last decade. First, a series of earthquakes, and...
How can social networks save lives when disasters strike?
By Daniel P. Aldrich Natural disasters are becoming more common due to climate change, and it could be social networks that save lives when they do. Soon after my family moved to New Orleans in the summer of 2005, we heard Mayor Ray Nagin’s first warnings about...
What do changes in the environment mean for humanity? 🔊
With climate change upon us, the Earth is changing the way it functions. What exactly is occurring and where are we headed? Some scientists are saying the world is changing more rapidly than we first expected, ecosystems are shifting and some species are dying out....
What are the social implications of storms and disasters? 🔊
Unprecedented storms and fires are ravaging communities and destroying lives, all the while revealing power dynamics in society, politics and economics. What are these risks and revelations? What needs to be done? Steve Matthewman and Naomi Zack discuss with Maria...
What are the energy consequences of the rise in climate disasters? 🔊
Storms and fires are rising in both quantity and severity, bringing disastrous consequences to lives and livelihoods. How do we deal with the storms, particularly with the loss of power? Maria Armoudian talks to Steve Matthewman and Julie MacArthur. Steve Matthewman...
What are the politics of climate change, energy, and disasters? ▶
With unprecedented global warming, wealth disparities and peak everything, there is no question that we need to act now to meet the power, heating and transportation needs of growing populations, and to do so sustainably, equitably and democratically. What are the...Subscribe by Email
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