Climate change increases risk of ‘cascading’ natural disasters
Amir AghaKouchak, UCI associate professor of civil & environmental engineering and Farshid Vahedifard write, “Multiple hazardous events are considered cascading when they act as a series of toppling dominoes, such as flooding and landslides that occur after rain over wildfires. Cascading events may begin in small areas but can intensify and spread to influence larger areas.” Read More