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Seasonal essays

December 21, 2025, 10:03 a.m. ET

Solstice greetings: guiding lights

On risk and modern day lighthouses

by Spencer Glendon

Risk
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Adaptation Extremes Heat Insurance Maps Markets Risk Values

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Sierra Chapin-Keller Nabig Chaudhry Spencer Glendon Carolyn Kousky Barney Schauble Alison Smart Probable Futures team Charlotte Venner
Latest
Seasonal essays

December 21, 2025, 10:03 a.m. ET

Solstice greetings: guiding lights

On risk and modern day lighthouses

by Spencer Glendon

Risk
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What is a 1-in-100-year storm?

A 1-in-100-year storm has a 1% chance of occurring in any given year

by Charlotte Venner

Extremes Maps Risk
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What is wet-bulb temperature?

This measure helps us understand how hot is too hot for the human body

by Charlotte Venner

Extremes Heat Risk
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What is drought, and how is it measured? 

Anywhere that has water can experience drought

by Charlotte Venner

Extremes Risk
Seasonal essays

June 21, 2022, 5:14am ET

Solstice greetings: bugs and guts

by Spencer Glendon

Risk Values
Profiles
“Climate change is impacting our world physically, socially, and economically, and young people are acutely aware of these implications for their generation.”
Designing a climate change course for the next generation

Dr. Meredith Galloway of Westlake Charter School helps students understand climate impacts around the world

by Charlotte Venner

Maps Risk
Seasonal essays

March 20, 2022, 11:33am ET

Equinox greetings: do you know how to share?

On what we share and what separates us

by Spencer Glendon

Markets Risk Values
Seasonal essays

December 21, 2021, 10:59 am ET

Solstice greetings: bear stories

by Spencer Glendon

Risk Values
Seasonal essays

March 20, 2021, 5:37 am ET

Equinox greetings: bounded imagination

by Spencer Glendon

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