flooding

Delta Merner/UCS

August 28, 2025

What New Orleans Taught Me About Climate, Justice, and the Future

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

US Air Force/Jonathan R. Mallard

July 17, 2025

The Terrible Texas Flood Tragedy Made Worse by Trump Administration’s Dysfunctional FEMA Response

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images

July 17, 2025

What We’re Watching: Heat, Floods, and Fires Threaten Multiple US Regions While Fossil Fuel Industry Seeks Legal Immunity

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

Anthony Kwan/Getty Images

June 4, 2025

Court Affirms Legal Responsibility of Polluters in Climate Case

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

John Seaton Callahan/Getty Images

March 18, 2025

The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Lasting Imprint on Global Sea Levels

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

EyeEm Mobile GmbH/Getty Images

March 18, 2025

How Major Carbon Producers Drive Sea Level Rise and Climate Injustice

Shaina Sadai
Former Hitz Fellow

photo of wetlands, with streams meandering through patches of brown grass and a stand of trees on the horizon, set against a blue sky

USFWS

February 13, 2025

Ask a Scientist: What Value Do Wetlands Provide?

Guest Commentary

Brandi Mueller/Getty Images

February 10, 2025

The Science Behind Sea Level Rise: How Past Emissions Will Shape Our Future

Shaina Sadai
Former Hitz Fellow

frank mckenna/Unsplash

September 23, 2024

The Kids Get It: Why Proposition 4 Is the Right Thing to Do

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

Mario Tama/Getty Images

August 13, 2024

Heat, Flooding, and Fire Overwhelming Halfway through 2024 Danger Season

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Ice floats near the coast of West Antarctica as viewed from a window of a NASA Operation IceBridge airplane on October 28, 2016, in-flight over Antarctica.

Mario Tama/Getty Images

August 2, 2024

Our New Research Says the Solid Earth Can Help Protect the Antarctic Ice Sheet—Only if We Cut Emissions Now

Shaina Sadai
Former Hitz Fellow

Erlon/Getty Images

June 24, 2024

Infrastructure at Risk in Your Hometown: New Map Shows What Will Flood as Sea Level Rises

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

aerial photo of a section of Everglades National Park, with multiple streams winding through lush green wetlands

NPS

January 3, 2024

The Supreme Court Ruled Against Wetlands in 2023. We Can Still Save Them.

Stacy Woods
Research Director

Egor Gordeev/Unsplash

September 14, 2023

World Heritage Committee Ignores UNESCO Recommendation to List Venice as Endangered

Adam Markham
Former Staff

US Army National Guard/Sgt. Denis Nunez

July 19, 2023

Yes, Climate Change Worsened that Heatwave, Flood, Wildfire. Yes, Fossil Fuels are the Root Cause. Policymakers, Please Act and Stop the Madness.

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

Footsteps in California snowpack on sunny day in mountains

J. Pablo Ortiz/UCS

April 3, 2023

Drought, Floods, and the Future of California’s Water Challenges

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Director of Innovation and Collaboration

NRCS/SWCS photo by Lynn Betts

May 13, 2021

Why “Infrastructure” Includes the Ground Beneath Our Feet

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

PickStock

April 13, 2020

Continued Social Distancing Critical for US Regions Where Flooding and COVID-19 Are Set to Collide

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

Russ Munn/AgStock Images

March 25, 2020

New UCS Analysis: Coronavirus and Flooding Set to Collide in US

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

USDA Photo by Lance Cheung/Flickr

December 18, 2019

Farm State Voters See Soil as a Solution to Agriculture’s Woes

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Andreas Sandberg

October 18, 2019

Mounting Impacts on Florida Will Make It Hard for Trump to Avoid Climate Change Talk at G7

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock

October 11, 2019

As Presidential Candidates Prepare for Ohio Debate, Farmers Need a New Vision

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

NOAA

July 12, 2019

How Climate Risks Get Compounded: Louisiana Grapples With Heavy Rain, Tropical Storm Barry, and Swollen Mississippi

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

Coast Waterkeeper/Waterkeeper Alliance

September 21, 2018

In a Warming World, Carolina CAFOs Are a Disaster for Farmers, Animals, and Public Health

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director