September 2015

Most people are familiar with El Niño. During an El Niño event, trade winds that normally blow from east to west relax or even reverse direction.

The Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters publishes an Annual Disaster Review to provide valuable information on the occurrence of natural disasters and their impacts on society.

The M8.3 Illapel earthquake that struck the coast of Chile near Santiago late on Wednesday, September 16, serves as a reminder that the western coast of South America is one of the most seismically active regions of the world.

Only a couple of decades ago, Vietnam was recovering from years of war and was among the poorest countries in the world.

Last month, I participated in a workshop on pandemic financing hosted by the National Academy of Medicine in Washington, D.C., as part of a larger Global Risk Framework Initiative to reduce risk and improve response to epidemics and pandemics.

On Wednesday, September 9, 2015, Tom Bolt, a director at Lloyd's of London, sent 15 identical cars on a 1,000-mile road trip to the Reinsurance Rendezvous conference in Monte Carlo.

In the weather community, few topics generate more buzz than weather modification. It has been the source of grand engineering ideas, among them tornado walls, armadas of mirror-laden ships, and hurricane-busting superbombs. And popular culture has glamorized the idea with futuristic devices that provide rain or shine at the touch of a button.