As Earth gets warmer, hurricanes are expected to get stronger. A study of 40 years of satellite data suggests it’s already happening. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/new-research-shows-hurricanes-are-getting-stronger…
Tag: hurricanes
Global warming is influencing where tropical cyclones rage
While the global average number of tropical cyclones each year hasn’t budged from 86 over the last 4 decades, climate change has been influencing the locations of these deadly storms. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/study-climate-change-tropical-cyclones-hurricanes-location…
Hurricanes really are getting stronger, just like climate models predicted
The authors of a new paper studied 4,000 tropical cyclones spanning 39 years, and showed that major hurricanes are coming more frequently as Earth cooks. Source: https://www.livescience.com/climate-change-hurricanes-stronger.html
Saturn’s bizarre polar hexagon is really hazy
Researchers in Spain have published a new study revealing details of a multi-layered, sandwich-like haze that hangs above the famous hexagon at Saturn’s north pole. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/haze-saturn-hexagon-cassini-hubble…
Slower-moving hurricanes will cause more devastation as world warms
Climate models show that as the world warms, tropical cyclones will travel more slowly, dumping more rain in one place and increasing the time high-speed winds batter buildings Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2241444-slower-moving-hurricanes-will-cause-more-devastation-as-world-warms/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Working From Home Hasn’t Broken the Internet
sixoh1 shared this story from the Wall Street Journal: Home internet and wireless connectivity in the U.S. have largely withstood unprecedented demands as more Americans work and learn remotely. Broadband and wireless service providers say traffic has jumped in residential areas at times of the day when families would typically head to offices and schools. Still, that surge in usage hasn’t…
Federal Report Warns US is Unready For a Cyberattack
The U.S. should take a slew of steps today to prevent a major cyberattack that could wreak wide-scale devastation on the U.S., a year-long study mandated by Congress reported Wednesday. From a report: “A major cyberattack on the nation’s critical infrastructure and economic system would create chaos and lasting damage exceeding that wreaked by fires in California, floods in the Midwest,…
Active 2019 Atlantic hurricane season comes to an end
The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, which ended on November 30, produced 18 named storms, including 6 hurricanes, 3 of which were major (Category 3, 4 or 5). Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/active-2019-atlantic-hurricane-season-end-video…
Extreme Weather Events This Decade Have Cost America $750B
An anonymous reader quotes NBC News: An analysis of weather disasters that did more than $1 billion in damage from the National Centers for Environmental Information finds that such high-cost events are up markedly since the 1980s. (The dollar figures for the events were adjusted for inflation.) There have been 250 such events since 1980 and almost half them, 111, have…
Hurricane Dorian: Why it’s so destructive
Dorian, the 2nd most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record, has devastated the Bahamas, with the death toll expected to rapidly rise as rescue work gets under way. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/hurricane-dorian-why-its-so-destructive…