Let’s look back at the week in Opinion. … Disasters like the Rolling Hills landslide are foreseeable. The warnings are all around us. The benchmarks we’ve used to guide important decisions in the past — such as whether to build houses near a canyon in an area where landslides are not uncommon — won’t serve us in the future. Scientific models and forecasts have limitations, writes UC Irvine engineering [and FloodRISE UCI] professor Brett Sanders, but they should guide us in this era of rapid climate change. [Subscription required, you can request an electronic copy of the article by sending an email to communications@uci.edu.] Read More

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