Rachel Hogan Carr Articles

NNC’s Role in Communicating Risk for Weather Hazards

Does the way we display information about weather hazards affect someone’s likelihood to prepare?  Could communities have better outcomes during flood events if weather forecasts were improved to be more understandable?  Does understanding the true wide range of possible weather outcomes during an imminent flood event help people to make better preparedness decisions? These are... Read More

Nurture Nature Center advances flood research through new project, publications

Nurture Nature Center is advancing its work on flooding through a new grant-funded project and the release of two new peer-reviewed journal articles on social science research studies conducted by the organization. The new study, "Major Risks, Uncertain Outcomes: Making Ensemble Forecasts Work for Multiple Audiences," is a two-year study designed to understand and make... Read More