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Did Climate Change Affect Our Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season?
Posted on · We talk with a scientist who works with predictive models for hurricanes: Dr. Shuyi Chen, professor of meteorology at the University of Washington.
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Full Show: Houston Witness Recounts Vegas Shooting, And The Effect Of Climate Change On Hurricane Season (Oct. 2, 2017)
Posted on · On Monday's edition of Houston Matters: A Houston witness to the deadly shooting in Las Vegas shooting tells us what he saw. We ask a climatologist whether climate change has directly affected the highly active Atlantic hurricane season. Plus we take your pest control questions. And Jeff Balke talks Houston sports.
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Can A Web Tool Help Coastal Texans Assess Their Flood Risk? A Professor Thinks So.
Posted on · A university professor who studies natural hazards launched a flooding risk assessment tool for homes in Harris and Galveston counties. But after Hurricane Harvey, flooding risks are even harder to determine.