Building for tomorrow’s storms: North Carolina updates flood strategy

North Carolina is updating flood models to reflect heavier rainfall and growth, moving beyond FEMA maps as nearly half of past flood damage occurred outside mapped zones.
TMCnet

Neptune Flood Research Group Analyzes Impact of FEMA's Proposed 2026 Harris County, Texas, Flood Map Update

Significant Expansion of High-Risk Zones: The 100-year floodplain (Special Flood Hazard Area) is projected to expand by approximately 50,000 acres, increasing from 150,000 to 200,000 acres, a 33% ...

The wetland puzzle that stumped hydrology for decades—how physics and AI joined forces to predict unmeasured regions

For years, the Prairie Pothole Region has bothered me in a very specific way. On a map, it looks like a normal landscape: ...
The New York Times

Hard Fork

“The Pentagon and OpenAI are saying to the public, You’re just going to have to trust us. And the public is saying, Well, we don’t.” By Kevin RooseCasey NewtonRachel CohnWhitney JonesVjeran PavicChris ...