From Sandy: ‘Saddened by Damages; Surprised You are Shocked’

31/10/201203/11/2012 Stephen 1 Must Read, CLIMATE CHANGE/GLOBAL WARMING, Energy, ENVIRONMENT, global warming, News Atmospheric Sciences, climate change, Earth Sciences, extreme events, extreme weather, Flood, Heat wave, Hurricane, hurricane sandy, Hurricane Sandy Speaks, Meteorology, sandy, thunderstorms, Tropical cyclone

I am saddened by the damage and loss of life but am truly surprised you are so shocked by the extent and severity.

Haven’t you noticed hurricanes, cyclones and other storms have become more powerful in recent years? And that extreme weather events like record flooding, droughts and heat waves are happening more frequently? In 2012 extreme weather records were broken all over the US. In 2011 there were 14 separate billion-dollar-plus weather disasters in the US including flooding, hurricanes and tornados.

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Sandy: We are the Anthrostorms of the 21st century

29/10/201203/11/2012 Stephen 1 Must Read, CLIMATE CHANGE/GLOBAL WARMING, Energy, ENVIRONMENT, Global Issues and Perspectives, global warming, News Atmospheric Sciences, Carbon dioxide, Earth Sciences, East Coast of the United States, Hurricane, Hurricane Sandy Speaks, Meteorology, National Hurricane Center, sandy, Tropical cyclone

Earlier I called myself a hybrid storm: part nature, part human. That’s not quite right. Humans and Hurricanes are part of nature. We both thrive on this planet thanks to sunlight, water and carbon dioxide (CO2). Hurricanes and tropical storms have been around for millions of years. In the last 50 years things have changed. The oceans are warmer. This week the waters off the US east coast were 3 degrees C warmer than normal.

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Hurricane Madness – 3 Hurricanes Spinning At One Time

17/09/201018/09/2010 Stephen 1 Must Read, global warming, Hurricane, News, OCEAN, Science Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Karl, hurricanes, Meteorology

Record warm Atlantic sea surface temperatures have spawned three simultaneous hurricanes this Thurs and Friday: Hurricanes Igor, Julia, and Karl. Although this is not the first time other records continue to fall according to weather expert Jeff Master. Julia was the strongest hurricane on record so far east, Karl was the strongest hurricane so far south in the Gulf of Mexico, and Earl was the 4th strongest Atlantic hurricane so far north.

Master said Friday: “we are now ahead of the pace of the terrible hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005 for number of major hurricanes so early in the year”.