apple.news/A3mYJW6YFRYGURWLTzKDHFgSTORM WARNING by Joe Phelan for BBC Science Magazine, June 2024 The effects of climate change are already being felt all around the planet. In coastal areas those effects are manifesting in the form of storms with unprecedented destructive potential – storms that fall outside of our current classification system. Welcome to the era of … Continue reading How mega-hurricanes have developed and how prevalent they’ll be
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Floods are devastating Europe
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/15/down-to-earth-the-floods I’ve seen how deadly floods are devastating Europe – we are not prepared for what’s next In this week’s Down to Earth newsletter: what the Guardian’s Sirin Kale saw when reporting on environmental disasters in Germany, Belgium and the UK Sirin Kale, dThu 16 May 2024 11.50 EDTShare This is an extract of this … Continue reading Floods are devastating Europe
Extremely active 2024 Atlantic hurricane season predicted
Note the National Weather Service won't make its prediction until May yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/04/forecasters-predict-an-extremely-active-2024-atlantic-hurricane-season/? Forecasters predict an extremely active 2024 Atlantic hurricane season Colorado State University’s hurricane forecasting team is calling for a near-record active season with 23 named storms, 11 hurricanes, and five major hurricanes. by JEFF MASTERS, APRIL 4, 2024 Visible satellite image with lightning overlaid … Continue reading Extremely active 2024 Atlantic hurricane season predicted
4-day weather forecasts now as good as 1-day a few years back
https://ourworldindata.org/weather-forecasts Weather forecasts have become much more accurate; we now need to make them available to everyone A four-day forecast today is as accurate as a one-day forecast 30 years ago. By: Hannah Ritchie March 12, 2024 Cite this articleReuse our work freely Weather forecasts are often seen as just a nice thing to have. Useful … Continue reading 4-day weather forecasts now as good as 1-day a few years back
Hurricanes becoming so strong, a Category 6 may be needed
http://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/02/hurricanes-becoming-strong-new-category-6-needed/ Hurricanes are becoming so strong a new category may be needed, study says A warmer planet may bring less frequent, but stronger, hurricanes, prompting debate on adding a Category 6 to the current Saffir-Simpson scale. 14 February 2024 byWorld Economic Forum A warmer planet may bring less frequent, but stronger, hurricanes, prompting debate on … Continue reading Hurricanes becoming so strong, a Category 6 may be needed
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