Lauren Sommer
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391 appearances
50 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2025
last heard 10 Sep
Lauren Sommer’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That's because polar ice and glaciers are melting and because the water itself expands as it gets warmer.
A new study from Wageningen University in the Netherlands finds that scientific studies may be underestimating how much sea levels could rise.
The researchers found the computer models scientists use
start with a current sea level that's about 10 inches too low on average.
If that's corrected, those same models would show as many as 130 million more people potentially affected on coastlines if sea level rises by three feet.
Lauren Sommer, NPR News.
FEMA relies on thousands of disaster workers to respond on the ground when storms and wildfires hit.
Those workers are on two- or four-year contracts, which generally are renewed.
Recently, FEMA has been terminating employees whose contracts are up, something disaster response experts say could hurt the agency's ability to respond.
On Thursday, FEMA abruptly stopped that policy, according to an internal email obtained by NPR.
The Trump administration has been critical of FEMA and is working to overhaul the agency.
In a statement to NPR, FEMA says its disaster workforce is designed to fluctuate, but did not respond to questions about whether the termination policy would be reinstated after the winter storm.
Lauren Sommer, NPR News.
FEMA relies on thousands of disaster workers to respond on the ground when storms and wildfires hit.
Those workers are on two- or four-year contracts, which generally are renewed.
Recently, FEMA has been terminating employees whose contracts are up, something disaster response experts say could hurt the agency's ability to respond.
On Thursday, FEMA abruptly stopped that policy, according to an internal email obtained by NPR.
The Trump administration has been critical of FEMA and is working to overhaul the agency.
In a statement to NPR, FEMA says its disaster workforce is designed to fluctuate, but did not respond to questions about whether the termination policy would be reinstated after the winter storm.
Lauren Sommer, NPR News.
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