Category Archives: Extreme events

FIRE

Posted on September 15, 2020 by | 143 comments

by Judith Curry

Subtitle: our failure to live in harmony with nature.

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Gallery

Extremes

Posted on June 13, 2019 by

by Judith Curry Politics versus science in attributing extreme weather events to manmade global warming.

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The Oroville Dam 2017 Spillway Incident – Possible Causes and Solutions

Posted on December 9, 2017 by | 47 comments

by Telis Koskinas

On February 2017, Oroville Dam gained worldwide attention when its main spillway suddenly failed, seemingly without precedent, under natural operating conditions.

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Posted in Adaptation, Extreme events

Post-mortem on the forecasts of Hurricanes Hermine and Matthew

Posted on November 7, 2016 by | 27 comments

by Judith Curry

Reflections on forecasting hurricanes in light of U.S. landfalling Hurricanes Hermine and Matthew, highlighting the complexities of forecast ensemble interpretation.

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Posted in Extreme events, Hurricanes

International Water Prize

Posted on November 2, 2016 by | 62 comments

by Judith Curry

Peter Webster has been awarded the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Creativity Prize for Water.

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What is the relationship between Arctic sea ice decline and Eurasian cold winters?

Posted on October 11, 2016 by | 116 comments

by Judith Curry

We conclude that the observed cooling over central Eurasia was probably due to a sea-ice-independent internally generated circulation pattern ensconced over, and nearby, the Barents–Kara Sea since the 1980s. — McCusker et al.

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Posted in Attribution, Extreme events, Polar regions

Record breaking N. American winters not due to climate change

Posted on June 27, 2016 by | 107 comments

by Judith Curry

A new study finds that human-caused warming in the west tropical Pacific was not responsible for a series of frigid North American winters experienced over the early 2000s.

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Posted in Attribution, Extreme events

Attribution of extreme weather events?

Posted on March 14, 2016 by | 203 comments

by Judith Curry

The National Academies has published a new report:  Attribution of extreme weather events in the context of climate change.

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Posted in Attribution, Extreme events

Snowpocalypse – not

Posted on January 27, 2015 by | 219 comments

pby Judith Curry

Some reflections on the east coast U.S. snowstorm: the forecasts, their communication and the response.

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Posted in Communication, Extreme events

UK floods in context

Posted on February 11, 2014 by | 358 comments

by Judith Curry

“If we look at the broader base of evidence then we see things that support the premise that climate change has been making a contribution.” – Dame Julia Slingo

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Posted in Extreme events