Flood insurance rate rising fast in Grand Forks region

Deep-Sea Mining? Exploring Key Trade-Offs for the Energy Transition

This paper assesses the economic, environmental, social, and governance trade-offs between deep-sea mining and terrestrial mining.

If/Then: Pending Deregulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Could Create Significant Negative Health Effects

If the US Environmental Protection Agency finalizes a rule on greenhouse gas emissions without quantifying related effects on human health, then Congress could respond by requiring this and future rules to account for human health effects.

Wisdom/Madness of Crowds and Perils of Point Forecasts

This paper examines the reliability of expert forecasting methods, using simulated data to show that when samples from fat-tailed distributions are averaged, the results may not converge.

Recreation and Resilience: When Parks Do Double Duty

This report describes the double-duty performed by stormwater parks in three cities in the United States: Atlanta, Houston, and Virginia Beach.