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At home in an avalanche path: Why Juneauites buy and keep homes in a hazard zone (Claire Stremple, KTOO, June 2021). https://www.ktoo.org/2021/06/24/at-home-in-an-avalanche-path-why-juneauites-buy-and-keep-homes-in-a-hazard-zone/

After Disaster: Why Home Buyout Programs Fizzle Out. Co-authored with Elyse Zavar and Alex Greer. (May 2019). https://efficientgov.com/blog/2019/05/28/after-disaster-why-home-buyout-programs-fizzle-out/

Flood buyout costs rise as storms intensify, seas surge (David A. Lieb, Associated Press, May2019). https://www.apnews.com/5ad750cfe8c84174934b5273c7156ff9

Tag for buying out flooded homes tops $5 billion (May 2019). https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/05/22/tag-for-buying-out-flooded-homes-tops-5-billion/

Weighing the costs of social retreat (December 2018). http://www.climigration.org/blog/2018/12/18/weighing-the-social-costs-of-retreat

Mind the Gap: Reconciling Mitigation and Recovery in Home Buyout Programs. Co-authored with Alex Greer. (Research Counts, September 2018). https://hazards.colorado.edu/news/research-counts/mind-the-gap-reconciling-mitigation-and-recovery-in-home-buyout-programs

Surrendering to rising seas (Scientific American, August 1, 2018). https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/surrendering-to-rising-seas/?print=true

After Harvey, buyouts won’t be the answer for frequent flood victims in Texas (The Texas Tribune, November 2, 2017). https://www.texastribune.org/2017/11/02/harvey-flooding-buyouts-frequent-flooding-victims-texas/

Buyouts won’t be the answer for many frequent flooding victims (ProPublica, November 1, 2017). https://features.propublica.org/houston-buyouts/hurricane-harvey-home-buyouts-harris-county/

‘Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide’: Climate Change Disasters and Immigration Go Hand-in-Hand (The Progressive, Oct. 4, 2017). http://progressive.org/dispatches/nowhere-to-run-nowhere-to-hide-climate-change-disasters-an/

To adapt to climate change, retreat is necessary (The Nation, Oct. 31, 2016). https://www.thenation.com/article/to-adapt-to-climate-change-retreat-is-necessary/