Author

Shuang-Ye Wu

Shuang-Ye Wu

Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton

COMMENTARY

2022’s U.S. climate disasters: A tale of too much rain – and too little

By: - December 21, 2022

The year 2022 will be remembered across the U.S. for its devastating flooding and storms – and also for its extreme heat waves and droughts, including one so severe it briefly shut down traffic on the Mississippi River. During a period of five weeks over the summer, five 1,000-year rainfall events occurred in St. Louis, […]