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What Hurricane Harvey says about risk, climate and resilience

  • Written by Andrew Dessler, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University
imageHurricane Harvey from the International Space Station on August 28.NASA, CC BY

Hurricane Harvey has taught us many lessons, but the most valuable may be the oldest lesson of all, one we humans have been learning – and forgetting – since the dawn of time: how much we all have to lose when climate and weather disasters strike.

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