Trends in Hurricane Activity (2018)

2018, Atmosphere, Caribbean, El Nino, Extreme Weather, Hydrosphere, Impacts, La Nina, Lecture, Oceanography, Science Talk, Sea Surface Temperature, Storms, USALeave a comment

Tropical cyclones, which are called hurricanes in the Atlantic, are one of the most destructive weather phenomena. This presentation will explore the links between climate and tropical cyclones, with a focus on how hurricanes and tropical cyclones have changed in the past, and what we think they will do in the future. http://www.atkinson.cornell.edu/events/ClimateChangeSem.php Speaker: Gabriel…

Japan: Floods and Landslides & Climate Connection Explained #大雨

2018, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, Communication, Extreme Weather, Flood, Impacts, Japan, PrecipitationLeave a comment

Nearly 50,000 members of the Self-Defense Forces, police and firefighting services were taking part in searches for people https://goo.gl/smVVjQ & https://goo.gl/7KDWtD The Guardian https://goo.gl/9sMkd7 Japan 2018 CNN https://goo.gl/eH67Rh Japan 2017 https://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/08/asia/japan-floods-and-landslides/index.html Japan 2015 CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/12/asia/japan-floods/index.html Tokio news https://goo.gl/MW8V1b Global warming may be twice what climate models predictPast warming events suggest climate models fail to capture…

Weather: U.S. Heat Records & Climate Connection Explained

2018, Climate Change, Communication, Education, Extreme Weather, Global, Greenhouse Gases, Heat wave, Impacts, IPCC, Lecture, Model, Science, Science Talk, Study, USALeave a comment

Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/06/27/a-city-in-oman-just-set-the-worlds-hottest-low-temperature-ever-recorded-109-degrees ABC News https://goo.gl/DGM3mh CBS News https://goo.gl/ZLQbkS Most accurate climate models predict greatest warming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egg1VqKEh5E Global Average Temperature vs Temperature Extremehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9f6bF-se_4 Global Warming, What You Need To Know, with Tom Brokaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptNL780RWLI Weather Underground https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Minimum-Temperature-426-C-1087-F-Oman-June-26-2018-New-World-Record

Gulf Stream Slowdown may lead to hotter European summer

2018, Abrupt Climate Change, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, Communication, Europe, Extreme Weather, Heat wave, Holocene, Hydrosphere, Impacts, Ocean Currents, Oceanography, Science Talk, Storms, Younger DryasLeave a comment

Collapse of the Atlantic Ocean heat transport might lead to hot European summers https://www.su.se/english/collapse-of-the-atlantic-ocean-heat-transport-might-lead-to-hot-european-summers-1.383247 Related Warm summers during the Younger Dryas cold reversal https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04071-5

Dry Conditions, then Tumbleweed Invaded Town

2018, Climate Change, Drought, Extreme Weather, USALeave a comment

Victorville in Southern California suddenly submerged by tumbleweed. And this wasn’t the first town! Study: Climate change may reshuffle western weeds http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-farm-scene-western-weeds-020609-2009feb06-story.html Tumbleweed footage by James Quigg with the Victor Valley Daily Press http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20180416/tumbleweed-takeover-high-winds-leave-neighborhood-overrun Thomas footage by Mike Eliason https://twitter.com/EliasonMike Australia town consumed by ‘hairy peänic’ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-35600546 Hundreds of homes in Montecito … http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-thomas-fire-ledeall-20171216-story.html Tumbleweed…

What is causing the Climate to Change?

2017, 2018, Drought, Education, Extreme Weather, Greenhouse Gases, Heat wave, Impacts, Lecture, Precipitation, Science TalkLeave a comment

Excerpt from the AGU 2017 Fall Meeting summary presentation of the Climate Science Special Report, the Fourth National Climate Assessment. SpeakerDon Wuebbles Full summary presentation2017 Fall Meeting – U23A: Climate Science Special Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDJP5RgKkj4 Teaser photo byTim Marshall https://unsplash.com/photos/yEOCA6oiVqg Teaser photo byChristopher Campbell https://unsplash.com/photos/i4OHxtxiMtk Teaser photo https://unsplash.com/photos/aEJVd7WUjf8

Scientist openly talks 2.5 meter Sea Level Rise by 2100

2017, 2018, Climate Change, Communication, Drought, Extreme Weather, Heat wave, Impacts, Lecture, Precipitation, Science Talk, Sea Level Rise, USALeave a comment

Excerpts from the AGU 2017 Fall Meeting summary presentation of the Climate Science Special Report, the Fourth National Climate Assessment. First part on U.S. xtremes, second part discusses sea level rise. SpeakersDavid R Easterling, NOAA AshevilleRobert E Kopp, Rutgers University, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences Full summary presentation2017 Fall Meeting – U23A: Climate Science…

Unprecedented Arctic Warming / Sea Ice Gone too Early

2018, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Europe, Extreme WeatherLeave a comment

Europe is so cold now that the Arctic appears to be a warm escape https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/02/28/europe-is-so-cold-now-that-the-arctic-appears-to-be-a-warm-escape Rare hurricane winds bury Greenland station in driftsHurricane-force winds battered NSF’s Summit Station, atop the Greenland ice sheet, over the weekend, with maximum sustained winds of 82 mph and gusts reaching 145mph https://twitter.com/NSF_OPP/status/968876728788619265