Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. This primer is intended for use by airport decision-makers, operators, planners, and ...

Across the globe, the past few years have been characterized by scorching summers that endanger the health of outdoor workers, and biting winters that often freeze pipes and other critical ...

Despite being battered by catastrophic Hurricanes Helene and Milton in quick succession, Florida is not ranked as the state most vulnerable to climate change. The Environmental Defense Fund, Texas A&M ...

Ending poverty on a livable planet requires all countries to enhance the resilience and adaptation of their people and economies to the impacts of climate change, while also reducing greenhouse gas ...

The acceleration of extreme climate and weather disasters in the United States has wrought a death toll thousands deep while inflicting billions in economic losses over the past four decades, and data ...

As world leaders gather in Azerbaijan for COP29, the UN-led annual climate negotiations, critical decisions will be made about the future direction of global climate action, including what to ...

Wanyun Shao receives funding from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through the Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology. Warm water in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf ...

For years, public debate has treated climate change as a single number on a thermometer, rising in tiny fractions of a degree ...

Although this primer focuses on evaluating vulnerabilities to changing climate conditions, a natural next step is strategizing how to minimize those vulnerabilities. Resilience planning (also referred ...