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A More Active Hurricane Season Could Lie Ahead, Scientists Warn
This NY Times article discusses the possibility that the climate crisis will make our next hurricane season more active. Federal weather researchers expect hurricane activity to be greater than normal for the rest of this year’s season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
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Yale Climate Connections – August 9, 2019
This Yale Climate Connections issue discusses:
What you need to know about the link between sea-level rise and coastal flooding
Some northern cities could be reborn as ‘climate havens’
What a drier and hotter future means for the arid Southwest
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Climate Change Fills Storms With More Rain, Analysis Shows
This NY Times article discusses how climate Change Fills Hurricanes With More Rain, Analysis Shows. When a tropical storm is approaching, its intensity or wind speed often gets the bulk of the attention. But as Tropical Storm Barry bears down on the Gulf Coast in the coming days, […]
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Yale Climate Connections, Week of July 12, 2019
This week’s stories include:
How climate change is making hurricanes more dangerous
How to prepare for a hurricane
Did climate change play a role in Western Europe’s June heat wave?
The military is interested in deploying renewable energy […]
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With More Storms and Rising Seas, Which U.S. Cities Should Be Saved First?
This NY Times article discusses how sea level rise will destroy many US cities. With More Storms and Rising Seas, Which U.S. Cities Should Be Saved First?
As disaster costs keep rising nationwide, a troubling new debate has become urgent: If there’s not enough money to protect every coastal community […]
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Could global warming lead to quieter hurricane seasons? Experts say yes, with a caveat
This article discusses how global warming could lead to quieter hurricane seasons, but the experts add a caveat.
If there is any positive to come out of global warming it could be this: Its effects may work to reduce the number of Atlantic hurricanes we see in the future, […]
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DeSmog Blog
This week’s posting contains articles on the oil industry subterfuge. activists fighting the chemical industry in Louisiana, Australian deniers meeting with the Koch Brothers, the financial impact of Trump’s rollback of clean car standards and his appointing an Independent Petroleum Association of America insider to the top DOI post, […]
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Atlantic hurricanes have grown more powerful and climate change is partly to blame, scientists say
This article discusses how Atlantic hurricanes have grown more powerful and climate change is partly to blame, scientists say.
A group of top hurricane experts, including several federal researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, published striking new research Thursday, suggesting that hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean have grown considerably […]
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Study: Expect more extreme hurricanes on the East Coast due to faster ice melts in Greenland
This article discusses how climate change is affecting extreme weather on the East Coast.
Ice is melting in an unexpected region of Greenland at a rate that is unprecedented in the past century, according to a study published Monday, which could lead to rising sea levels and increasingly wild weather on […]
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Study: 2018 was the ocean’s hottest year. We’ll feel it a long time.
This article discusses how 2018 was the ocean’s hottest year. We’ll feel it a long time. The ocean soaks up 93 percent of the heat of climate change. But that heat has a big and long-lasting impact.
Earth’s oceans are warmer now than at any point since humans started systematically tracking […]
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