by Maureen Purcell | Feb 2, 2024 | Flood, Press Coverage, Research
In the aftermath of recent storms in southern California, San Diego, among other localities, experienced major flooding. Just as the region is set to face another major storm in the coming days, Dr. Brett Sanders, Blum Center flood expert has been sharing his...
by Maureen Purcell | Jan 8, 2024 | Blog, Climate Change & Indigenous Peoples, Environmental Peacebuilding, Flood, Planetary Health, Research
Together with our collaborators at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, we’ve just published a new research article in the Journal of Climate Change and Human Health.”Complex adaptive systems-based framework for modeling the health impacts of...
by Maureen Purcell | Dec 11, 2023 | Blog, Climate Change & Indigenous Peoples, Environmental Peacebuilding, Flood, Planetary Health
Blum Center director, Richard Matthew, shared reflections on global collaboration for climate mitigation and the unique challenges and opportunities we currently face in this regard for the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, of...
by Maureen Purcell | Sep 15, 2023 | Flood, Press Coverage, Research, Uncategorized
The recent deadly storm and flooding in Derna, Libya demonstrates how infrastructure, landscapes, and climate plays a role in determining how disastrous a storm could be. In a recent New York Times article, Blum Center flood expert Dr. Sanders offered some...
by Maureen Purcell | Aug 9, 2023 | Flood, Press Coverage, Research
Last week the Orange County Register turned to Blum Center coastal flooding expert Brett Sanders to understand the cause of recent flooding in Newport Beach. Why might high tidal waters be flooding the coastal Californian town during summer months when waves are...
by Maureen Purcell | Aug 1, 2023 | Flood, Press Coverage, Research
The Los Angeles Times recently published a piece on the changing wave dynamics along California’s coast. In this article, several experts were asked to weigh in on a recent study demonstrating that (1) the average height of winter waves along California’s...
