Forest conservation has long been seen as a way of mitigating climate change, but across the world, natural landscapes are increasingly threatened by industrial development and urbanisation. According to the organisation Redd+, deforestation primarily in the tropical regions contributes a remarkable 10% of annual global CO2 emissions. https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2017/11/14/forests-matter-climate-change-cop23
At least 15 people are dead and a dozen injured after overnight downpours caused sudden and catastrophic flooding in cities outside Athens, according to Reuters. In western cities like Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara, citizens lost homes, cars and businesses. Forecasters expect more rain tonight. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/16/564576504/deadly-floods-devastate-western-greek-cities Part of the footage via Understanding Climate Change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTSzYz54q9g…
Paul Hessburg, Research Landscape Ecologist, USDA-Forest Service talks at Restoring the West Conference 2017. Context: More than a century of forest and fire management of Inland Pacific landscapes has transformed their successional and disturbance dynamics. Regional connectivity of many terrestrial and aquatic habitats is fragmented, flows of some ecological and physical processes have been altered…
Climate scientist Kerry Emanuel describes physics behind expected increase in storm strength due to climate change. http://news.mit.edu/2017/kerry-emanuel-hurricanes-are-taste-future-0921 Video via Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences MIT https://www.youtube.com/user/EAPSweb/videos Speaker: Kerry A. Emanuel, Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Atmospheric Science, Co-Director of the Lorenz Center Natural disasters are the result of the interaction of a natural phenomenon…
Maria brought extreme rainfall amounts to large portions of Puerto Rico that caused record or near-record flash flooding. Numerous stations in Puerto Rico recorded rainfall amounts in excess of ten inches. Rainfall amounts in excess of 47 inches in 24 hours were recorded at three stations on the southwest side of El Yunque, the high…
Hurricane Irma has left behind a trail of unimaginable destruction and has caused the entire British Virgin Islands (BVI) infrastructure to collapse. People need help rebuilding their lives and there is an immediate and critical need for food, water and shelter.
Category 5 Hurricane Maria made a direct hit on the small Lesser Antilles island of Dominica (population 72,000) near 9 pm EDT Monday, becoming Dominica’s first Category 5 landfall on record. At the time of landfall, an Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft measured surface winds of 160 mph and a central pressure of 924 mb.…
Hurricane Irma’s damages in the British Virgin Islands were extensive – during that time the storm hit peak intensity, 185 mph. Numerous buildings and roads were destroyed on the island of Tortola, which bore the brunt of the hurricane’s core. This video features footage filmed by Hubert Haciski in Road Town, Tortola http://HubertHaciski.com during and…
AccuWeather’s stormchaser Reed Timmer takes a look at what appears to be one of the hardest hit areas from hurricane Irma, in mainland Florida United States. For more indepth storm coverage, visit
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NASA MODIS satellite imagery reveals large amounts of newly deposited sand. Where did the sand came from? Where will it go?
Before/after #Irma shot of S Florida. Note all the sediment stirred up in the shallow waters! MODIS imagery https://twitter.com/NWSCaribou/status/907296983718748161
What a difference a week makes, Turks and Caicos before and after #Irma https://twitter.com/AstroKomrade/status/906930295495999488
Hurricane Irma footage from South Florida, especially Miami, the Keys, Tampa, from September 10 and 11, 2017. Features, the latest from http://CNN.com live indepth Irma storm broadcasting, stormchaser Reed Timmer from http://AccuWeather.com / https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu Baby Dolphin Rescued Off Marco Island | Morning Joe | MSNBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlYdWnXClAs Jeff Goodell: In Florida, No One is Thinking about…
Features footage from ca the past 24 hrs, including from Cuba Early September 9, 2017) Reed Timmer https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu Steve Petyerak https://twitter.com/StevePetyerak/status/906484091473842181 Carmen Perez https://twitter.com/carmen_aperez/status/906483485124296704 Stormtrack via Windy.com https://www.windy.com/?2017-09-18-12,24.607,-85.408,6,m:enmadP5 Hurricane Irma — Prepare Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxL9r1M6S0w ISS Pass Over Hurricane Jose and Hurricane Irma 9/8/17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODiWspJYaXQ Space to Ground: Tracking a Monster: 09/08/2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVD4BtM9gJM Irma Tracked from…
Category 5 hurricane Irma approaching Florida. For the latest advisories visit http://www.nhc.noaa.gov Damage on Saint Maarten (Caribbean Netherlands) after hurricane Irma https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schade_op_Sint_Maarten_na_orkaan_Irma.webm Reed Timmer from AccuWeather.com https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu Hurricane Irma — Prepare Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxL9r1M6S0w ISS Pass Over Hurricane Jose and Hurricane Irma 9/8/17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODiWspJYaXQ Space to Ground: Tracking a Monster: 09/08/2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVD4BtM9gJM Irma Tracked from Space…
Footage compilation of aerial observations from September 6, 2017.
St Martin footage via Ministry of Defense (Netherlands) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dn6WLWktRk
Barbuda footage via ABS Television / Radio, watch full footage video https://www.facebook.com/abstvradio/videos/1505370289562190
If Hurricane #Irma takes ECMWF 12z slightly west track, huge wind gusts for Florida from Keys to Miami, Tampa & Orlando, Tallahassee & Jax. https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/905861946167238656
Hot water ahead for Hurricane Irma https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2625/hot-water-ahead-for-hurricane-irma
