During the recent disastrous hurricanes, the Weather Channel caught my attention with an on-screen simulation of storm surge coming into a residential area so that viewers would have a better sense of how very dangerous a surge could be even without heavy rains or strong winds. I thought the simulation easy to understand and a … Continue reading Weather Channel using intriguing digital simulations to give the feel of extreme weather events
Tag: climate crisis, global warming
Another unforeseen effect of warming waters and a changing ocean
The synergy between ocean currents, wind patterns, and warmer ocean temperatures is fascinating -- if only it weren't going to produce so many problems for humans and other life. If the Gulf Stream current that warms Europe stops, as many feel it will soon, a lot of Europe will have an entirely different climate which … Continue reading Another unforeseen effect of warming waters and a changing ocean
Your weather forecast just isn’t as good because of the shutdown
The shutdown is having so many unexplored adverse effects on the world we live in. This is one that could prove important if we get a dangerous storm. https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/01/07/national-weather-service-is-open-your-forecast-is-worse-because-shutdown/? Capital Weather Gang The National Weather Service is ‘open,’ but your forecast is worse because of the shutdown By Angela Fritz January 7 at 3:46 PM … Continue reading Your weather forecast just isn’t as good because of the shutdown
Looking to the past for solutions to today’s water programs — in Peru
It's both encouraging and discouraging that so many solutions to problems caused by climate change are local. It's encouraging because individual or small group responses are often the fastest == in this case, addressing a local water shortage caused by global warming. It's discouraging because our time frame for effective action to combatting global warming … Continue reading Looking to the past for solutions to today’s water programs — in Peru
Polar vortex expected to split in thirds — winter is Not over
Only weather geeks will need/want to read this entire (excellent) article. Bottom line is that the US and western Europe is predicted to get severe weather beginning in mid-January to mid-February. The primary discussion is the temperatures rather than the level of precipitation but don't put away your warm clothes yet. https://www.axios.com/polar-vortex-is-about-to-split-up-5c2e7460-67fb-49da-b73a-079ffbe205b9.html The polar vortex … Continue reading Polar vortex expected to split in thirds — winter is Not over
Unimaginable that the US is the country not fighting against climate change
Guardian UK’s fine articles in response to the climate report Trump tried to bury
As usual, the Guardian UK's coverage of climate change and global warming is superb. I highly recommend these five articles, published at one a day the last week of November. They are well worth your time if you'd like to better understand where this country stands now and what will happen as we fail to … Continue reading Guardian UK’s fine articles in response to the climate report Trump tried to bury
Read the source material — a link for the 4th National Climate Assessment
This is the other document that was issued the Friday after Thanksgiving but (thankfully) was noticed despite the timing of its release. This is a direct link to: FOURTH NATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States The National Climate Assessment (NCA) assesses the science of climate change and variability … Continue reading Read the source material — a link for the 4th National Climate Assessment
Read the source material — a link for the 2nd carbon cycle report
Sometimes tracking down the source document for all of the opinion articles can be tough. This is one of the two major reports issued in November. Read what you can -- even just the executive summary -- to learn more about the most recent assessments of the production of, sequestration of, burning of, and anything that … Continue reading Read the source material — a link for the 2nd carbon cycle report
Bill McKibben and New Yorker magazine equals a must-read on our planet’s future
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/26/how-extreme-weather-is-shrinking-the-planet With wildfires, heat waves, and rising sea levels, large tracts of the earth are at risk of becoming uninhabitable. But the fossil-fuel industry continues its assault on the facts. By Bill McKibben California is currently ablaze, after a record hot summer and a dry fall set the stage for the most destructive fires in the state’s … Continue reading Bill McKibben and New Yorker magazine equals a must-read on our planet’s future
Cow methane may be exceeded by methane in glacier melt water
Stories like this boggle the brain. So many sources of greenhouse gases. Such a circular, self-reinforcing and accelerating increase in triggers to global warming. Arguing about which came first -- the human influences or the obvious climate changes -- is pointless. We need to do everything we can to prevent the hockey stick phenomenon (please … Continue reading Cow methane may be exceeded by methane in glacier melt water
Nature will be battering us more often and more severely in the very near future
Right now we're seeing one climate change-assisted disaster after another. Soon, abnormal will become the new normal for all events in nature. We need to be mindful. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/climate-change-going-make-life-earth-whole-lot-worse-report-n938101 Climate change is going to make life on Earth a whole lot worse, report predicts “The evidence was absolutely mind-blowing to me," said the lead researcher. Homes … Continue reading Nature will be battering us more often and more severely in the very near future
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