Disasters

"‘Sponge City’: How Copenhagen Is Adapting to a Wetter Future"

"Climate change is bringing ever more precipitation and rising seas to low-lying Denmark. In response to troubling predictions, Copenhagen is enacting an ambitious plan to build hundreds of nature-based and engineered projects to soak up, store, and redistribute future floods."

Source: YaleE360, 08/04/2025

"How Flood-Ravaged Boston Took On The Climate Deniers – And Won"

"As the Trump administration dismisses global heating, the coastal city is getting on with becoming one of the most climate resilient in the world. Here’s how" 

Source: Guardian, 08/04/2025

Trump Moves to Cut Chemical Safety Board, Putting Texans and Others at Risk

"Amid increasingly intense weather, the Chemical Safety Board is the lone independent agency watching over the Gulf Coast’s petrochemical corridor."

Source: Capital & Main, 07/31/2025

"Interior Officials Commit To "Rebuilding" Grand Canyon's North Rim"

"Interior Department officials are committed to "rebuilding" the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park that's been partially overrun by a lightning-ignited fire that claimed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge, dozens of guest cabins, and concessionaire facilities."

Source: National Parks Traveler, 07/29/2025
September 30, 2025

DEADLINE: Write Before Midnight

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ short fiction contest will be judged by renowned American science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson. No entry fee. Cash prizes. Deadline is Sep 30, 2025.

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Volunteers Hand-Repair Parts Of Appalachian Trail Damaged By Helene

"In a rugged patch of the Appalachian Trail in eastern Tennessee, volunteers size up a massive, gnarled tree lying on its side. Its tangled web of roots and dark brown soil, known as a root ball, is roughly the size of a large kiddie pool."

Source: AP, 07/28/2025

"Denied Federal Flood Relief, A Maryland Town Is Left On Its Own"

"The residents of Westernport, Maryland, overwhelmingly voted for Trump. But after FEMA denied its aid request, the town feels like the president has turned his back on them."

Source: Washington Post, 07/28/2025

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