Peter Griffin • Dec 02, 2013 •
Sciblogs Editor’s Picks The Dismal Science – the social bonds project Nervy Nomad – Science Communication: where to from here? Griffin’s Gadgets – Seralini paper retracted Public Health Expert – Preparing for pandemics … Read More
Gareth Renowden • Nov 02, 2012 •
Sandy was an astonishing storm1. Bloomberg Businessweek has taken the opportunity to state the obvious and create one of the great magazine covers to sell the story2. It’s worth reading the magazine’s coverage3 because the usual suspects are out there trying to deny the undeniable. Sandy was a storm made worse by the fact of [...] … Read More
John Kerr • Aug 24, 2012 •
One hundred and fifty years of tropical storms have been captured in this image from Data visualiser John Nelson, map manager for IDV Solutions. The graphic, looking at the globe with Antarctica in the centre, shows the intensity and location of hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons since 1851, based on data from United States' National Climate Data Center. Read More
Bryan Walker • Sep 17, 2010 •
Towards the end of a recent Yale Environment 360 interview, following a technical discussion of hurricane formation in a changing climate, scientist Kerry Emanuel is asked a question. Given the likely increase in intensity and power of storms and sea level rises, what needs to be done now in the US to start planning for [...] … Read More