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New metric to measure destructive potential of hurricanes
2013-04-26 23:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Researchers at Florida State University have developed a new metric to measure seasonal Atlantic tropical cyclone activity that focuses on the size of storms in addition to the duration and intensity, a measure that may prove important when considering a hurricane's potential for death and destruction. The 2012 hurricane was only a Category 2 storm on the often referenced Saffir-Simpson scale when it became the largest hurricane on record, killing 285 people in its path in seven different countries...
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With Major Hurricanes Projected to Hit North America, Macrosoft's Emergency Resource Solutions ...
2013-04-16 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Macrosoft's Resources on-Demand enables utilities to respond faster/more efficiently to outages<br /> <br /> PARSIPPANY, N.J. - Utilities across North America are bracing themselves for an active hurricane season. According to Colorado State University, 18 named storms are expected to make their way through the Atlantic Ocean this year and 9 of those will be major hurricanes. Unfortunately, last year witnessed twice the number of hurricanes than predicted including Hurricane Sandy. The entire ...This story is related to the following:ServicesSearch for suppliers of: Data Communications Software |
Global warming could fuel European hurricanes
2013-03-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit County: European climate scientists say global warming will drive a northeastward expansion of the tropical Atlantic hurricane breeding ground, with four times as many storms of tropical origins affecting parts of Western Europe in coming decades. In the Bay of Biscay, the number of storms with tropical-storm-force winds could increase from 2 to 13 by the end of the century, said researcher Reindert Haarsma. The initial results suggest that the impacts may not be as great in the low-lying Netherlands...
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Huge hurricanes will become 10 times more frequent with just two degrees of warming
2013-03-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Mail: Storm surges as devastating as those caused by Hurricane Katrina could happen 10 times more often if global temperatures rise by just two degrees, new research warns. An estimated 1,836 people lost their lives and millions more were left homeless by the cyclone, the worst to ever hit the U.S., after it submerged New Orleans and other Gulf of Mexico communities in 2005. Much of the devastation was caused by storm surges whipped up by fierce winds, which saw sea levels rise by between 24 and...
Warming temperatures could multiply Katrina-like hurricanes : study
2013-03-18 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The number of Atlantic storms with magnitude similar to killer Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005, could rise sharply this century, environmental researchers reported on Monday. Scientists have long studied the relationship between warmer sea surface temperatures and cyclonic, slowly spinning storms in the Atlantic Ocean, but the new study attempts to project how many of the most damaging hurricanes could result from warming air temperatures as well. The extreme...
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