Environment Viewfinder: Flash Floods Hit Greece A man helps evacuate a woman from a flooded street in Mandra, Greece, on November 16th, 2017. Pacific Standard Staff
Environment Can Innovative Knowledge Systems Help Cities Prepare for Natural Disasters? Recent extreme weather events show how the outdated and imperfect information systems used by cities exacerbates the devastation. Clark Miller, Thaddeus R. Miller & Tischa Muñoz-Erickson
Environment Scenes From the Deadly Earthquake That’s Devastated Iraq and Iran The 7.3-magnitude earthquake killed more than 400 people and injured thousands. Emily Moon
News in Brief FEMA Plans to Airlift Puerto Ricans to U.S. Mainland This is the first time FEMA has offered an air breach. Emily Moon
Environment Catastrophic Wine Country Fire Shows Shortfalls in Urban Policy and Preparedness In response to the devastation caused by the Tubbs Fire, California needs to rethink its approach in dealing with future urban conflagrations. Max Moritz
Environment Three Underrated Ideas for Preventing Wildfire Devastation Some advice from Californians who have lived through and studied the state's wildfires. Francie Diep
Environment Volcanoes May Have Helped Bring Down Ancient Egypt A new study links explosive volcanic eruptions with social unrest. Emily Moon
Environment Viewfinder: Fighting Fires in California An aircraft drops fire retardant over a brush fire in the Angeles National Forest on October 17th, 2017. Pacific Standard Staff
Environment Viewfinder: Surveying the Wildfire Wreckage in California A woman looks at the wreckage of her burned home in Santa Rosa, California, on October 10th, 2017. Pacific Standard Staff
Environment How ‘Fingerprinting’ the Ocean Could Help Future Hurricane Preparedness Scientists are using satellites to identify where increasing sea levels could result in the most destructive storm surge as hurricanes grow more powerful due to climate change. Erica Cirino