sduford on Jun 24 2008 | Filed under: Environment, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, Scientists
A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, a Bush appointed comittee.
http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap3-3/final-report/default.htm
sduford on Jan 23 2008 | Filed under: Extreme Weather, Global Warming, The Science
A new study to be published this week shows that increased wind shear might actually mean that global warming will result in less hurricanes.
This is highly controversial and most climatologists disagree with this finding. I think the trend over the last 20 years has been pretty clear that hurricanes are getting stronger and more frequent, [...]
sduford on Nov 15 2007 | Filed under: Extreme Weather
Kudos to CNN International, they finally picked up the story as Sidr smashed into Bangladesh at Cat 5 strength. This will result in a lot of death and misery.
sduford on Nov 14 2007 | Filed under: Extreme Weather
There is a potential category 5 cyclone heading straight for poor and low-lying Bangladesh, and not a single western media outlet has reported yet. We should be getting ready to assist the millions of people who will need help, instead, our governments are sitting on their hands and the media outlets are ignoring it. It’s [...]
sduford on Sep 01 2007 | Filed under: Extreme Weather, Global Warming
A new study by NASA shows that the USA will likely suffer from more frequent and stronger thunderstorms and tornadoes as the climate becomes hotter and wetter.
The basic ingredients for whopper U.S. inland storms are likely to be more plentiful in a warmer, moister world, said lead author Tony Del Genio, a NASA research scientist.
And [...]
sduford on May 14 2007 | Filed under: Extreme Weather, Global Warming
By BRANDON REED, Associated Press Writer Mon May 14, 4:40 PM ET
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Global warming isn’t just a matter of melting icebergs and polar bears chasing after them. It’s also Lake Chad drying up, the glaciers of Mt. Kilimanjaro disappearing, increasing extreme weather, conflict and hungry people throughout Africa.
According to a landmark effort [...]
sduford on Apr 01 2007 | Filed under: Extreme Weather, Global Warming
Many Climate Change deniers point out the fact that 2006 ended-up being a very quiet year for Atlantic hurricanes. While that is true and was probably due to some local conditions, the fact is that globally 2006 was a record year for hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones. The Pacific ocean generated an unheard of number of [...]