Experts discussed the challenges and opportunities of upgrading the electric grid during a recent webinar.

Microgrids can reduce vulnerabilities to climate change and related disasters, keeping the lights on when other parts of the grid experience power disruptions.

Hospitalizations from many causes rise for older U.S. adults rise in the days following big storms, a new study confirms.

A new study employs natural climate archives such as tree rings to better understand volcanoes’ impacts on global rainfall patterns.

Is a failure of wind power really behind the blackouts? How can we make sure this doesn’t happen again? Earth Institute scholars have answers to these questions and more.

Climate change and hydroelectricity power projects compounded the devastating destruction of the February 7 flood in Uttarakhand.

Volcanologist Einat Lev tackles reader questions and explains how more monitoring of volcanoes could save lives.

As climate change continues to alter the Earth’s complex environmental systems, unfamiliar risks will emerge. A recent study suggests a few tools to reduce uncertainty in disaster preparation.

As climate change wreaks havoc on our planet, the federal government will need to grapple with perpetually increasing disasters.

A new report points out some of the ways children are getting left behind during COVID-19 and other disasters — and how we can do better.