Cyclone Nargis decimated part of Myanmar from May 2-4, its huge rains and storm surge flooding the Irrawaddy River delta, killing at least 22,000 people and leaving twice as many missing as of this writing.
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Why the Myanmar cyclone was so deadly
Published May 9th, 2008 in Hurricanes, Science, Photos, Oceans, Climate & Weather, Earth and Global Warming. 1 CommentHow does ‘global climate disruption’ sound?
Published February 29th, 2008 in Hurricanes, Science, Oceans, Earth, Global Warming, Climate & Weather and Human World. 7 CommentsThat’s the term we should use instead of “global warming,” says Harvard scientist John Holdren. He argues that “global warming” underrates the problem. Here’s why …
‘Storm World’ examines hurricanes and global warming
Published October 31st, 2007 in Hurricanes, Science, Oceans, Earth, Climate & Weather and Global Warming. 3 CommentsThe record-setting Atlantic hurricane season of 2005, which included Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, sparked a lot of debate over whether global warming was in part responsible for all of the records, including the way the hurricane season lasted five weeks longer than normal, finally ending Jan. 6, 2006.
Hurricanes and climate change: the big picture
Published September 30th, 2007 in Oceans, Hurricanes, Earth, Climate & Weather, Global Warming and Human World. 22 CommentsBack on Sept. 21 I covered a seminar on hurricanes and climate change. Five scientists presented some of their latest research into the topic. It was an excellent event – and quite an education for me.
Dr. Kerry Emanuel, a professor of atmospheric science at M.I.T., opened the seminar by describing the three approaches scientists […]