Beaver wetlands create locally climate-resistant landscapes through their ecosystem engineering activities and are capable of ameliorating climate change on larger spatiotemporal scales. The small ...

In 2024, when floodwaters rose across Velachery, Handrey Robbins’ house went under, the ground floor swallowed by murky water, as he puts it. “I had just finished the construction for the ground floor ...

Water-related disasters, exacerbated by climate change and population growth, pose a significant threat to human sustainability. In Japan, where a large portion of the population resides in ...

Flooding is a global disaster phenomenon and one of the most frequent natural disasters, which can cause serious consequences such as population casualties, economic losses and environmental damage.

Researchers from the University of British Columbia argue that a widely used method to understand and predict flood risk has led scientists to miscalculate how forests can prevent major flooding. The ...

Before rain begins to fall, scientists and engineers can predict where a storm might cause flooding thanks to advanced modeling and digital simulations that help guide billion-dollar decisions ...