Global warming behind hurricane increase?
The News Review:
- Global warming behind hurricane increase?
- Is the UK the real Tornado Alley?
- Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster
Global warming behind hurricane increase?
Seattle Times – Jul 30, 2007
“When you look at the numbers and the strong relationship to sea-surface temperatures and the reality of global warming you end up with a causal link that can’t be denied” said Greg Holland co-author of the report and a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder Colo. But other experts said the study by Holland and Peter Webster of the Georgia Institute of Technology is undermined by “sloppy” research. In short it may not be that many more hurricanes are forming now than a century ago said the critics who agree that global warming is occurring but believe it has not significantly affected hurricane development. They see a much simpler reason for the higher number of reported hurricanes: The storms they say are more easily and frequently detected since hurricane-hunter flights began in the 1940s and weather satellites began providing data in the 1970s. “The new paper by Holland and Webster is sloppy science that neglects the fact that better monitoring by satellites allows us to observe storms and hurricanes that were simply missed earlier” said Chris Landsea of the National Hurricane Center. In addition Landsea and some other scientists said long-term natural cycles that involve wind and ocean currents — and are unrelated to global warming — are mostly responsible for the upswing in hurricane activity since 1995. In their paper scheduled to be published online today in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Holland and Webster acknowledged that their analysis was “broad brush” but insisted that natural cycles and observation errors cannot fully explain the increase in hurricane frequency.
Is the UK the real Tornado Alley?
New Scientist – New Scientist (subscription) – Jul 30, 2007
But here’s a bit of holiday footage you just might like to see. n 19 July I spotted a tornado forming across the valley from where we were holidaying near the village of East Allington in Devon England. My brother captured the video below as I held my baby son. The tornado touched down only briefly in a grass field and never appeared to threaten us directly – it was fascinating rather than frightening. I’d assume it was only an F0 on the… n 19 July I spotted a tornado forming across the valley from where we were holidaying near the village of East Allington in Devon England. My brother captured the video below as I held my baby son. The tornado touched down only briefly in a grass field and never appeared to threaten us directly – it was fascinating rather than frightening. I’d assume it was only an F0 on the.
Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster
Science Daily – Science Daily (press release) – Jul 30, 2007
The majority of these people were black; nearly all were poor. <P> Displaying the intellectual rigor political passion and personal empathy that have won him acclaim and fans all across the color line Michael Eric Dyson offers a searing assessment of the meaning of Hurricane Katrina. With this clarion call Dyson warns.