A new analysis by the NASA climatologist for the first time ties specific weather events to human-induced climate change
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A simplified version of the scientific method goes like this: ask a question, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis in a controlled experiment, analyze results, draw conclusions. But as a team of scientists showed in a recent study of a New England forest, that approach won’t always yield perfect results—particularly in the natural world—if we [...]
Come on, Irene — it’s hurricane season. Hurricane Irene, which slashed across Puerto Rico earlier this week and just missed the Dominican Republic, is headed for the southeastern U.S. Irene is expected to strengthen to Category 3 and could become a Category 4 storm, with at least 131-m.p.h. winds as it approaches the southeastern U.S. [...]
One of the challenges of understanding weather and climate change in the U.S. involves a simple fact: this country is really big. Huge—and that means there’s almost always significant variety in the weather from sea to shining sea. A heat wave in one part of the country might be matched by unusually cool weather in [...]
The effects of this spring’s extreme flooding of the Mississippi River have been – pardon the pun – spilling over into every possible corner of the area’s residential, commercial, and agricultural life over the last two months. And it looks like the environment hasn’t escaped either: researchers from the University of Michigan predict that the [...]
Last month, in the wake of the catastrophic Joplin tornadoes, 350.org founder Bill McKibben published a scathing op-ed in the Washington Post mocking those who show caution about linking climate change and extreme weather: Caution: It is vitally important not to make connections. When you see pictures of rubble like this week’s shots from Joplin, [...]
