An accurate forecast can save lives and property. Climate changes – especially the type of changes that cause major weather events – are a concern.

In August 2021, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti causing massive and widespread destruction. Hear from AMU’s Dr. Chris Reynolds who responded to the 2010 earthquake about the challenges Haiti faces.

The quake in Haiti has blocked roads and wrecked infrastructure, making it difficult for vital supplies to get to where they are most needed.

Desalination by reverse osmotic pressure is one of the more favored ways of turning 100 million gallons of seawater into 50 million gallons of freshwater each day.

AMU student Jae Ramirez has won the 2021 National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) Charles F. Zirzow Memorial Student Award.

As we begin to emerge from the horrific COVID-19 pandemic, also set to emerge soon are some trillions of periodic cicadas, offspring of the last invasion of the nasty-looking bugs in 2004.

If you look at climatology or snowfall records over the past 100 years, the groundhog is correct the majority of the time about the weather.

Some victims felt fine in the morning and were dead by night. Faces turned blue as patients coughed up blood. Stacked bodies outnumbered coffins.

By Dr. Kate Brannum
Program Director, International Relations at American Public University

Over the last several years, Central American governments have increased their efforts to build hydroelectric dams, often under the auspices of the U.N.’s Framework Convention on Climate Change Kyoto Protocol Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).