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Why Hurricane Harvey Was a Predictable Disaster

What We're SayingSeptember 14, 2017Knowledge@WhartonKnowledge@Wharton

Hurricane Harvey and the Storms to Come

What We're ReadingSeptember 1, 2017Elizabeth KolbertThe New Yorker

In the leadup to the historic flood, Texas Republicans abetted Trump’s climate-change delusions.

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What We're WritingAugust 31, 2017The GuardianThe Guardian

There’s never been a more important time to understand the political machinations that led to Harvey’s destructiveness – and dismantle them

Richard Weller's Audit for End Times

What We're SayingJuly 13, 2017Zach MorticeLandscape Architecture Magazine

An Atlas for the End of the World

What We're SayingJune 29, 2017Richard Weller, Claire Hoch, Chieh HuangScientific American

A newly published reference chronicles the archipelago of protected areas into which the world’s genetic biodiversity is now huddled

An ‘Atlas for the End of the World’

What We're SayingJune 26, 2017National GeographicNational Geographic

Dozens of colorful new maps and graphics show where urbanization is most likely to conflict with biodiversity.

Atlas for the End of the World

What We're WritingOctober 8, 2016Richard WellerPenn IUR

It's Time to Get Political

What We're WritingJuly 6, 2016The Dirt (ASLA)The Dirt (ASLA)

Has Landscape Architecture Failed?

What We're WritingMarch 23, 2016Richard Weller and Billy FlemingThe Dirt (ASLA)

Hell and High Water

What We're ReadingMarch 4, 2016