From Politico: The New Language of Climate Change, Scientists and meteorologists on the front lines of the climate wars are testing a new strategy to get through to the skeptics and outright deniers.
Category Archives: Climate Change
“Weather, Climate and Catastrophe Insight”
From Aon, this 88 page report: Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight: 2018 Annual Report.
Article about the report: Four Climate-Influenced Disasters Cost the U.S. $53 Billion in 2018. Two wildfires and two hurricanes were among the costliest disasters worldwide
N.C. Considers Climate Change
After Back-to-Back Hurricanes, North Carolina Reconsiders Climate Change. In a state where lawmakers once rejected sea level rise warnings, polls show a growing concern among residents and a desire for better policies.
Two 2018 Disaster Summaries
From the HuffPost: This Year’s Natural Disasters Show Climate Change’s Dire Consequences Are Already Here. In 2018, record-breaking wildfires and historic levels of rain have hit the U.S.
From the NYTimes: The Story of 2018 Was Climate Change. Future generations may ask why we were distracted by lesser matters. The historic hurricane chart in this article is especially interesting.
Climate Change Causing Disasters
From the WashPost: Climate change was behind 15 weather disasters in 2017.
This year’s report features 17 peer-reviewed analyses of 16 disasters by 120 researchers looking at weather across six continents and two oceans. Each study uses historical records and model simulations to determine how much climate change may have influenced a particular event.
Additional details about the new report issued by the AMA.
Opinion re Climate Change
Opinion piece from Paul Krugman, in the NYTimes: The Depravity of Climate-Change Denial; Risking civilization for profit, ideology and ego.
Climate-Induced Relocation
From Bloomberg News: Climate May Force Millions to Move and U.S. Isn’t Ready, Report Says
- Rising seas to roil coastal areas, federal scientists predict
- Large outflows of people expected from New York, New Jersey
New Report on Climate Change Just Released
The Trump administration purposely released this report in late afternoon on Friday after Thanksgiving to be sure it got little attention. Article from CNN: Climate change will have dire consequences for US, federal report concludes
Let’s call their bluff. The direct link to the report is here:
Is It Time for Managed Retreats from the Coastlines?
Hurricane Florence’s floods caused severe property damage. Here’s a solution.
It’s time to talk about managed retreat from the coasts.
Sinking Cities
Public TV is doing a four-part series on Sinking Cities, places that are undergoing profound changes from climate change.
Update: The first segment was on NY City and it was excellent. Other cities to be featured are London, Tokyo, and Miami.