Winds Seen As Key Driver Of Antarctica’s Growing Sea Ice
Writing in Nature Geoscience, Paul Holland of the British Antarctic Survey and Ronald Kwok of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have found the case’s smoking gun. “Our main conclusion is that the drift of ice has changed over the past two decades, Holland said in an interview. “And we’ve linked these changes to changes in winds over that same perio… Read More
32-Foot-Plus Waves From Hurricane Sandy Topple Records
After reviewing wave height data, the National Weather Service office in Philadelphia has determined that the significant wave heights recorded at two buoys, one of which was near the entrance to New York Harbor, set records for the largest waves seen in this region since such records began in 1975.… Read More
Senator Urges NOAA Not To Change Sandy Classification
As Climate Central reported on Nov. 2, the storm status change has major implications for property owners who are filing insurance claims for storm damage, since most hurricane insurance policies have deductibles that would have been triggered if the storm still been a named hurricane at the time of landfall, and if hurricane warnings were in effec… Read More
Rising Sea Level May Trigger Groundwater Floods
In a report released Sunday in Nature Climate Change, Kolja Rotzoll and Charles Fletcher predict that in some areas, freshwater bubbling up from underground could more than double the flooding caused by intruding seas alone. “If the underground water table is already close to the surface, it’s going to come out, Rotzoll said.… Read More
U.S. Military Warned to Prepare for Climate Change
An expert report, prepared for the intelligence community by the National Academy of Sciences, warns that the security establishment is going to have start planning for natural disasters, sea-level rise, drought,epidemics and the other consequences of climate change. … Read More
Aerial Pictures Show Hurricane Sandy’s Destruction
"Sandy taught us yet again that not all Cat-1 hurricanes are created equal: the superstorm's enormous fetch over the Atlantic produced storm surge and wave erosion of historic proportions," said USGS Director Marcia McNutt. "We have seized this opportunity to gather unique data on a major coastline-altering event." … Read More
Rare November Snowstorm Strikes In Wake Of Sandy
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The combination of heavy, wet snow and strong winds caused at least 375,000 homes in New York and New Jersey to lose power, and snarled travel by making roads hazardous and shutting down the Long Island Rail Road due to downed trees along the tracks. According to the New York Times, there are about 683,000 homes in the tristate area that remained i… Read More
New Storm Bringing Snow, Flooding to Storm-Weary Coast
Although the high wind threat for inland areas is not as significant as it was during Sandy, if heavy, wet snow accumulates on trees and power lines it could result in a new round of power outages in parts of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts that are still recovering. … Read More
