Amy Goodman from Democracy Now interviews Mike Mann on Hurricane Florence, and the connection to climate change. How the weaker jet stream comes in. My colleagues have shown the weakening over the past decades here in Science https://twitter.com/rahmstorf/status/1039618555128557569 Watch the full interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OuVTEfBatY
The Brunswick nuclear power plant is a couple of miles near Wilmington, at the Ocean. With model forecasting Hurricane Florence to potentially making landfall near the site. Sources “Are Coastal Nuclear Power Plants Ready for Sea-Level Rise?” https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/are-coastal-nuclear-power-plants-ready-for-sea-level-rise/ Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick_Nuclear_Generating_Station
Florence could threaten East Coast as a major hurricane this week https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/09/us/florence-tropical-storm-hurricane-forecast-wxc Kerry Emanuel, Expert on Strong Hurricanes and the Future (2018) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5kWuVHQxfA Allan Huffman https://twitter.com/RaleighWx/status/1038741033364975616 Robert Fanney, Meteorological Consensus for Florence Landfall Builds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze1PpAC4ruY NHC Atlantic https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic Ryan Maue https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/1038629383005765632 Fearsome Five: Florence, Helene, Isaac, Olivia, and Mangkhut https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Fearsome-Five-Florence-Helene-Isaac-Olivia-and-Mangkhut Governor Henry McMaster, Statewide Officials…
The Devastating 2017 Hurricane Season: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions for the Weather Enterprise. Kerry Emanuel: Connections to Climate and Future Research Opportunities (2018) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lf8nb0wo28 MIT’s Kerry Emanuel on Climate and Stronger Hurricanes (2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHS7bV9o5VA Tropical cyclones and climate change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclones_and_climate_change Lightning: A New Essential Climate Variable https://eos.org/project-updates/lightning-a-new-essential-climate-variable
Hurricane Lane churns toward Hawaii, Big Island has already seen over 31 inches of rain https://abcnews.go.com/US/extreme-flooding-reported-hurricane-lane-nears-hawaii/story?id=57374083
Hurricane Lane reached Category 5 strength on August 21 with top sustained winds near 160 mph and a minimum central pressure of 940 mb. On August 22, Hurricane Lane drew close to Hawaii, prompting hurricane warnings and watches on the islands. Whether or not Lane makes landfall in Hawaii, the storm could bring damaging tropical-storm-force…
Related FOOTAGE: Hurricane Lane Starts to Flood Hawaiin Islands https://climatestate.com/2018/08/24/footage-hurricane-lane-starts-to-flood-hawaii-islands/ Sources Hurricane Lane takes aim at Hawaii https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdhJZ08FTEY Hawaii braces for Hurricane Lane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWwmRiIerQ Hawaii prepares for Hurricane Lane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lW8FW_OsuI Hurricane Lane Brings High Surf To Ka’u (Aug. 22, 2018) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kED4abZQ6A0 Lane Likely to Lash Hawaii for 3-4 Days https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1FWj85eHxU Reed Timmer https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu/status/1032456946538897408
Earth Could Spiral Into A ‘Hothouse’ State Even If We Reduce CO2 Emissions, Warns New Report https://www.inquisitr.com/5019576/earth-could-spiral-into-a-hothouse-state-even-if-we-reduce-co2-emissions-warns-new-report Read the study paper http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/07/31/1810141115 The Climate State of the Holocene and Anthropocene (Rates of Change) https://climatestate.com/2018/08/08/the-climate-state-of-the-holocene-and-anthropocene-rates-of-change Sources RT: Climate Change academic Professor Katherine Richardson on Paris Agreement surviving Trump’s America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw2JoKRFTjc Channel 4 News: Climate change: How…
A tornado? Scary. Wildfire? Horrific. A tornado made out of fire? Just about the most terrifying thing Mother Nature can whip up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/08/03/californias-carr-fire-may-have-unleashed-the-most-intense-fire-tornado-ever-observed-in-the-u-s California’s Viral Fire Tornado Has Scientists Searching For Answers – Fire tornados are among the rarest weather phenomena on Earth, and this vortex had the added distinction of possibly being the strongest…