Ferocious Storm Set to Explode in North Atlantic
What is currently a relatively innocuous weather system spreading light snow, freezing rain, and rain across the eastern U.S. is forecast to explode, through a process known to meteorologists as “bombogenesis,” into a ferocious storm once it emerges over the North Atlantic. Computer models indicate that the storm may intensify so significantly that… Read More
Heat and Threat of Wildfires Blaze on in Australia
a delayed monsoon is helping to heat Australia to record levels, with weather forecasters adding new colors onto weather maps to indicate temperatures up to 129°F. While the wildfires have diminished some, the heat is forecast to return to Queensland and other areas during the weekend into early next week, and the fire danger remains "extreme" in s… Read More
Climate Central Leads 2012’s Climate Coverage
Year-end numbers for media coverage of climate change were released Wednesday in an annual report by The Daily Climate, and while that coverage fell 2 percent, there were some interesting numbers. According to The Daily Climate’s archives, worldwide coverage by many major news organizations gave roughly the same amount of coverage this year as the… Read More
Grim Storm Scenarios Loom for Mid-Atlantic, Northeast
Several computer model runs have shown a slingshot scenario, in which Tropical Storm (or hurricane) Sandy initially moves out to sea east of North Carolina, but is captured by the jet stream and flung northwestward into the Mid-Atlantic or Northeast.… Read More
Image of the Day: A Village Forced to Move by Rising Seas
The villagers of Vunidogoloa on Vanua Levu, Fiji’s second largest island, know first hand how impactful sea level rise from manmade climate change can be on daily life. In an article from Alternet, it is explained that the Fijians are currently in the process of relocating their seaside village — which has been disturbed by rising seas, erosion, … Read More
A Closer Look at Arctic Sea Ice Melt and Extreme Weather
Since March, the amount of Arctic sea ice that has disappeared is about equal to the areas of Texas and Canada, combined. As a result such extensive sea ice losses, says the study, the jet stream, which has always been rather capricious, is behaving differently now. … Read More
Image of the Day: Okinawa Faces Super Typhoon Sanba
Super Typhoon Sanba became one of the most powerful storms so far this hurricane season as it wound its way over the Western Pacific, on its way to a potential encounter with Okinawa and South Korea. Packing sustained winds of greater than 155 mph and even stronger gusts, this storm would cause a catastrophe were it to strike land at this intensity… Read More
Image of the Day: Bamboo, Nature’s Renewable Resource
A beautiful grove of bamboo in the Arashiyama bamboo forest outside Kyoto, Japan. Bamboo has been a huge part of Japanese culture and is an amazing green resource. As the Japanese have discovered, bamboo is incredibly versatile and is reported to be stronger than many steel alloys and does not fall victim to termites. Bamboo’s strength and flexibil… Read More
