The gap between attitudes and action within the US geoscience community's response to natural hazards

Gonzales, Leila M.; Keane, Christopher M.; Bernknopf, Richard L.

doi:10.5194/gc-9-35-2026

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09 Jan 2026

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The gap between attitudes and action within the US geoscience community's response to natural hazards

Leila M. Gonzales, Christopher M. Keane, and Richard L. Bernknopf

Model code and software

Natural Hazards and Job Choice simulation Leila M. Gonzales et al. https://doi.org/10.62322/o5g8.1m19

Short summary

This study examines discipline-level engagement (i.e., funding, research, publications) with natural hazards across the geosciences, professional engagement (i.e., teaching, learning, work) among geoscientists in the United States, and assesses the integration of expert hazards knowledge into geoscientists' personal decision-making processes. The results of this study indicated a knowledge-action gap related to hazard engagement that appears to be systemic across the US geoscience discipline.