by Judith Curry
The insurance sector is abuzz with a new report from AIR Worldwide on the insurance risk from the impact of climate change on hurricanes. Insurance industry clients of my company, Climate Forecast Applications Network (CFAN), have requested a critique of this report.
Posted in Hurricanes
by Frank Bosse
A recent paper published in “Nature” made some excitement in the media, see here or here.
Posted in Hurricanes
by Judith Curry
Doing so erodes scientific credibility — and distracts from the urgent need to shore up our vulnerability to storms’ impacts.
Posted in Hurricanes
by Judith Curry
I used to be concerned about ‘consensus enforcement’ on the topic of climate change. Now I am concerned about ‘alarmism enforcement.’
Posted in Hurricanes, Sociology of science
by Judith Curry Politics versus science in attributing extreme weather events to manmade global warming.
by Judith Curry and Jim Johnstone
CFAN predicts an active North Atlantic hurricane season season.
Posted in Hurricanes
by Judith Curry
An assessment of whether any of the impacts of recent U.S. landfalling hurricanes were exacerbated by global warming.
Posted in Hurricanes
by Judith Curry
Part III: is there any signal of global warming in landfalling hurricanes and their impacts?
Posted in Hurricanes
by Judith Curry
I am preparing a new Special Report on Hurricanes and Climate Change.
Posted in Hurricanes
by Judith Curry
“Impending massive hurricanes bring the best out of weather twitter and the worst out of climate twitter” – Joseph Maykut
Posted in Hurricanes
by Jim Johnstone and Judith Curry
Climate Forecast Applications Network (CFAN) has identified new early precursors for seasonal Atlantic hurricane activity that involve systematic, repeating interactions among ENSO, stratospheric circulations and regional North Atlantic processes.
Posted in Hurricanes
by Jim Johnstone and Judith Curry
The good news: the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season is over. The bad news: it was an extremely active season, with substantial damage in the U.S. and the Caribbean islands. What caused this extremely active hurricane season, and was it foreseeable?
Posted in Hurricanes
by Judith Curry
My recent interview with David Whitehouse of the Global Warming Policy Foundation on Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and the link with global warming.
Posted in Hurricanes
by Judith Curry
Cat 5 Hurricane Irma is one for the record books; it’s eye is on Florida.
Posted in Hurricanes
by Judith Curry
The 12 year drought of major hurricane landfalls in the U.S. is over, with catastrophic impacts in Texas. Predictions of Hurricane Harvey illustrate the realization of extended- and long-range hurricane forecasts.
Posted in Hurricanes
by Judith Curry
Climate Forecast Applications Network (CFAN)’s first seasonal forecast for Atlantic hurricanes is based on a breakthrough in understanding of the impact of global climate dynamics on Atlantic hurricane activity.
Posted in Hurricanes
by Makarieva A.M., Gorshkov V.G., Nefiodov A.V., Chikunov A.V., Sheil D., Nobre A.D., Li B.-L.
New questions and ideas about hurricanes and their power.
Posted in Hurricanes
by Judith Curry
Reflections on forecasting hurricanes in light of U.S. landfalling Hurricanes Hermine and Matthew, highlighting the complexities of forecast ensemble interpretation.
Posted in Extreme events, Hurricanes
Posted in Hurricanes
by Judith Curry
We anticipate that it may take a decade for the observations to clarify the situation as to whether the hypothesis has predictive power. – Curry et al. 2006
Posted in Hurricanes
Posted in Hurricanes
by Judith Curry
“The results show that the extreme sea levels observed during Hurricane Katrina will become ten times more likely if average global temperatures increase by 2°C”, said Dr Jevrejeva. That would mean a storm surge of Katrina proportions every other year. – Alex Kirby
Posted in Hurricanes
Hurricane – Post-Tropical Storm Sandy is one of “those” moments. A moment that rallies the public and policy makers around an issue. Other “those” moments include 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. In the wake of Sandy, an array of issues have surfaced including the role of climate change, vulnerability of urban infrastructure, and how it will effect the U.S. Presidential election. As I write this, another Nor’easter looks to impact the same region in the days after the election.
Posted in Data and observations, Hurricanes, Policy
