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Friday 13th and the Long-Term Cost of False Alarms
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If the prospect of flooding along the East Coast of England earlier this month was hard to forecast, the newspaper headlines the next day were…
After Matthew: Putting a Value on Natural Coasta...
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As coastal communities in the U.S. continue to clear up and count the costs following Hurricane Matthew, we already know things could have…
Mangroves and Marshes: A Shield Against Catastro...
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“We believe that natural ecosystems protect against catastrophic coastal flood losses, but how can we prove it?” This question was the start…
Coastal Flood: Rising Risk in New Orleans and Be...
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As we come up on the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a lot of the focus is on New Orleans. But while New Orleans is far from being…
Winter Storm Juno: Three Facts about “Snowmagedd...
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There were predictions that Winter Storm Juno—which many in the media and on social media dubbed “Snowmageddon 2015”—would be one of the worst…
RMS and Risky Business: Modeling Climate Change ...
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Earlier this year, RMS partnered with the Risky Business Initiative, a year-long effort co-chaired by former New York City Mayor Michael…
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