The Conversation on Extreme Weather

Jennifer A. Horney (University of Delaware)

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Johns Hopkins University Press
17 July 2025

Meteorology & climatology; Global warming; Weather

Series: Critical Conversations

From contributors to The Conversation, a timely collection of essays on how extreme weather events will impact the environment—and our lives.

As extreme weather events grow in frequency and intensity, climate science has made significant strides in understanding their underlying causes. In The Conversation on Extreme Weather, editor Jennifer A. Horney collects essays from The Conversation by scholars and experts that explore how climate change contributes to record-breaking storms, heat waves, droughts, and floods.

These essays highlight the latest advances in attribution studies, which can now quantify the impact of human-caused climate change on individual weather events, such as Hurricane Helene's historic rainfall. Changing weather patterns interact in dangerous ways—droughts are followed by floods, cascading disasters like landslides are triggered by wildfires, and ""weather whiplash"" threatens crops and economies alike. As populations grow in vulnerable areas, the risks multiply, requiring collaboration among scientists, governments, and communities to effectively manage and mitigate these new realities. With this essential guide, readers will gain a deeper understanding of how extreme weather events are reshaping our world and learn what we can do to prepare for the future.

The Critical Conversations series collects essays from top scholars on timely topics, including water, biotechnology, gender diversity, gun culture, and more, originally published on the independent news site The Conversation.

By: Jennifer A. Horney (University of Delaware)
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9781421452012
ISBN 10: 1421452014
Series: Critical Conversations
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 17 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Jennifer A. Horney is the founding director of the epidemiology program at the University of Delaware and a core faculty member of the university's Disaster Research Center.