by Paul Douglas | Oct 13, 2022 | Weather
What New Data Reveal About Ian’s Storm Surge. Michael Lowry writing at Substack has an interesting post; here’s an excerpt: “…The USGS has collected hundreds of high-water marks over the past few weeks. Filtering for only high-water marks with...
by Paul Douglas | Oct 7, 2022 | Weather
Is Climate Change Causing Storms like Hurricane Ian to Grow Faster? We are not seeing more hurricanes, but the storms that form naturally are strengthening (faster) and it may be linked to consistently warmer water, especially in the Gulf of Mexico. Here’s an...
by Paul Douglas | Sep 19, 2022 | Weather
Climate Change May Make Pandemics More Common. With permafrost melting what can possibly go wrong? Here’s an excerpt from WebMD: “The likelihood of an extreme infectious disease epidemic – similar to the COVID-19 pandemic – could triple in the coming...
by Paul Douglas | Sep 15, 2022 | Weather
Surging Weather Related Power Outages. Climate Central takes a look at the trends: “Between 2000 and 2021, about 83% of reported major outages in the U.S. were attributed to weather-related events. The average annual number of weather-related power outages...
by Paul Douglas | Sep 9, 2022 | Weather
Hail and High Water. Hail events are decreasing, while hailstone sizes appear to be increasing? Is this natural variability or is there a climate signal in hail trends across the USA (and the world). The New York Times has an eye-opening story about the scientists who...
