As part of National Hurricane Preparedness Week activities, NOAA has released its seasonal forecast for the Atlantic hurricane season today. The forecast shows that they are expecting fewer tropical storms and hurricanes this year than usual. primarily due to the effect of El Nino. In El Nino years, development of…
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Harvest Public Media posted a story online today about the “elusive” impacts that the California drought has had on Midwestern farmers. According to the story, so far benefits to the Midwestern farmers have been limited in spite of the four year drought in California because the CA farmers are mining…
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NASA reported today that the last remaining section of the Larson B ice shelf in Antarctica, which partially collapsed in 2002, appears to be weakening and could break up into hundreds of icebergs by the end of the decade (link). This ice shelf, which has lasted for at least the…
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NewSecurityBeat.com had a lengthy article at the end of March discussing the politics of water in Florida and how changes in drought and flood frequency are expected to put even more strain on the water delivery systems there in the future in a warmer climate. Because of Florida’s unique geology,…
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The National Hurricane Center announced this week that they are going to add prototype storm surge warnings to their suite of products for tropical storm and hurricane warnings. This will allow people in low-lying areas to more effectively prepared for possible inundation and make plans to evacuate. You can read…
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Yahoo News published a story this week on new estimates of global sea level rise based on a paper published yesterday in Nature. The new research shows that since 1990 sea levels are rising 2.5 times faster than in the time period 1900-1990. This is a concern to people living…
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There are climate stories in the news almost every day. Here are three that I thought were especially interesting this week. Men’s Journal provided a balanced discussion of GMOs and their place in agriculture. I’m not going to discuss the GMO controversy (other than to note that this is a…
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