Cooler ocean temperatures east of the islands typically keep major hurricanes away, but El Niño is helping fuel this year’s risks.
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A new study tracks how young frogs are trying to avoid a deadly fungal infection.
Many steps that are good for clean energy also dovetail with federal priorities, from affordable housing to data centers and rural development.
Bad Bunny’s performance demonstrated how authenticity can be produced through anti-colonial activism.
The high court recognizes a person’s right to self-defense with firearms but has also upheld the government’s power to enforce limits on that right.
A trove of century-old belongings − from farm tools to pillowcases − tells the story of Filipinos who migrated to California to build a new life, a journey now honored in a Smithsonian exhibition.
Anti-tourism protests are erupting around the world, from Mexico City riots to coordinated community protests in Europe. The clash of holidayers and locals is age-old.
Companies are preparing to move forward with seabed mining, but a method for gathering critical minerals from the seafloor would create sediment plumes in the water column where many creatures live.
FEMA pools national resources to help states quickly manage disasters. Without that federal support, each state would be left to build its own expensive response capabilities.
Animal welfare laws don’t protect invertebrates, but there’s evidence that some, such as octopuses, are as intelligent as many mammals – even if their cognition takes very different forms.
Just like fires can contaminate municipal water systems by melting pipes, farms’ and ranches’ water supply systems are at risk. A first-of-its-kind study after the Maui fires explores the harms.
Historians are working to shine a light on Alice Ball’s legacy and contributions to an early treatment of a dangerous and stigmatizing disease.
There’s so much we still don’t know about whales. Here’s 3 amazing new things we’ve learnt about whales lately: how humpback whales have sex and give birth – and how baleen whales sing underwater.
Iceland, Hawaii and Italy have all tried to control lava to save cities in the past. A volcanologist explains the methods.
Losing power also has real consequences for people’s businesses, livelihoods and potentially their health and safety.
The devastating wildfire that destroyed the historic Maui town of Lahaina was still making headlines when Yellowknife issued an evacuation order.
Projections for Hawaii’s climate future are raising concerns about fire risk, ecosystems and freshwater supplies for homes and agriculture.
Wildfires on Maui are a crippling blow to the island’s tourism industry, which generates half of its jobs. But New Orleans and Kauai show that comebacks are possible.
An expert on Puerto Rico’s recovery from Hurricane Maria explains why it’s hard for the US to deliver disaster aid in places like Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
As I hear reports of the fire tearing through Maui, I feel utterly depressed. As a fire scientist, I know the unfolding horror is just the beginning in our warmer world.
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Associate Professor in Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania
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Assistant Professor of Behavioral Medicine, Medical Humanities, and Bioethics, Des Moines University
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Tampa
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Professor of Criminology, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in American History & Director of Liberal Arts, University of Exeter
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Honorary Fellow, CSIRO
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Lecturer in Geology, Macquarie University
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Professor emeritus, Monash University
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Professor in Evolution and Behaviour, The University of Melbourne
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NERC Research Fellow in Evolutionary Biology, University of St Andrews
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Research Group Leader, CSIRO
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Second Century Chair Professor of Law, Author of Ruin Their Crops on the Ground and Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice, Southwestern Law School
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PhD candidate, Macquarie University
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Volcanologist, Lancaster University