MORGANTOWN – What’s the difference between calamity and commonplace? These days, not much, says Nicolas Zegre, a West Virginia University professor and climate change expert who directs the school’s Mountain Hydrology Laboratory. Hours after the world was still trying to process the ...
Join the Art Museum of WVU on Friday from 5-7 p.m. for the opening reception of its fall exhibits centering civic engagement through artwork of various mediums. During the reception and throughout the academic year, the museum aims to be a space for WVU students and the general public alike ...
As a relatively small-but-growing city, Morgantown now faces the same problems previously faced by bigger cities — which were once small-but-growing cities, too. Growth requires development: commercial spaces, residential buildings, parking, related infrastructure, etc. Development, ...
by Mark Gongloff With the planet heating up and nature growing more deadly and destructive, new tools to help people gauge their climate risks are landing faster than DVD-sized hail in Texas. But these models still need fine-tuning. For now, a simpler approach might be to just throw a ...
by Lisa Jarvis On July 22, planet Earth achieved a terrifying milestone: Global temperatures reached their highest level in recorded history, breaking a record set just one day before. This year is expected to be the hottest in centuries. Heat waves are hotter, longer and more frequent ...
by Flora Cardoni During extreme climate events — like the record heat waves we’re experiencing this summer — people who know me as a climate activist often ask: How do you stay hopeful? How do you keep fighting when the effects of climate change keep getting worse? The ...