According to GRAIN, since 2006, there have been 416 land grabs in 66 countries covering nearly 35 million hectares (86.5 million acres). The different shades of the map show the intensity of the land ...

The U.S. Geological Survey has developed a new nationwide landslide susceptibility map, showing that nearly half the country ...

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Inland flooding from tropical cyclones, even at high altitudes, is a major worry—and one that scientists don’t know enough ...

Climate change is making hurricanes stronger and wetter. Mountains can lead storms to dump more rain. The combination can be destructive.

Introduction The NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 mission (ICESat-2), launched September 15, 2018, continues ...

Western North Carolina provides an important case study of a hurricane season risk that might seem rare but can be ...

The early Everest expeditions had a hard time. As they froze in inadequate clothing, went hungry on indigestible pemmican ...

Storm surge is a major threat from Helene, which is forecast to hit Florida as a major Category 3 hurricane on Thursday.

As climate warms the atmosphere and spurs greater precipitation, mountain communities like Asheville, N.C., face growing ...