Abstract Background and Objectives Climate change threatens well-being and has
increased the prevalence of weather-related disasters. We investigated age differences in …

Risk communication is often viewed as imparting information and perhaps as a two‐way
dialogue. Risk communication inadequacies on the part of both “communicator” and …

Although great progress has been made to advance the scientific understanding of oil spills,
tools for integrated assessment modeling of the long-term impacts on ecosystems …

Previous studies on maritime disasters have noted the importance of searching for their
causal factors in the analysis of different types of vessels and various regions where …

Researchers have traditionally conceptualized hazards that give rise to disasters as
“natural” or “technological.” An extensive literature has documented differential social …

Abstract Purpose of Review In the United States, the Federal Incident Command System
(ICS) directs response to major oil spills. Its initial imperative is to prevent immediate impacts …

Climate change and an increase in the number of major fire events occurring around the
world have drawn attention to the importance of understanding the association between air …

While evidence indicates that exposure to oil spill incidents can affect mental health, it is
unclear whether the mental health effects result from the incident itself or from exposure to …

Ridgecrest, CA, experienced the Searles Valley earthquake sequence in 2019 and a “false”
earthquake alert in 2020, providing a unique opportunity to examine the effects of …

This study (1) assessed whether parent health mediated associations between exposures to
the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill (BP-DHOS) and child health, and whether child …