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Hurricanes Boost Carbon Storage in Southeastern Forests
2016-05-20 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Hurricanes hitting the Southeast coast can supercharge the region's forests, spurring them to store more than 100 times the carbon released annually by all vehicles in the U.S., Duke University researchers have found. Rainfall associated with hurricanes acts as fuel for photosynthesis, drastically increasing trees' carbon absorption rates, according to a recent study published in the journal Biogeosciences. Forests hit by tropical cyclones account for 9 percent of the warm season forest carbon...
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Subtropical storm Alex: Is climate change to blame rare Jan hurricanes?
2016-01-14 13:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: A subtropical storm is surprising meteorologists as it forms early in January, nearly six months ahead of the typical tropical storm season. Subtropical storm Alex is building over the Atlantic Ocean and is gaining strength as it approaches the Azores Islands, a chain of nine major islands owned by Portugal. By Thursday morning, Alex had produced sustained winds of 70 mph. The Atlantic hurricane season officially runs from June through November. The first named storm doesn't typically appear...
Can Geoengineering Tame Devastating Hurricanes?
2015-11-06 17:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Scientists think they know, in principle, how to tame hurricanes and reduce storm surge risks. All it would take would be a stratosphere full of sulphate aerosols sufficient to dim the sun, lower tropic ocean temperatures and reduce the hazard of the kind of windstorm that hit New York in 2012 and New Orleans in 2005 with devastating consequences. Hurricanes are likely to impose increasing costs as the planets climate changes. However, there is a little more to the solution than a simple darkening...
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Why monster hurricanes like Patricia are expected on a warmer planet
2015-10-24 19:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: First there was Supertyphoon Haiyan - which peaked out at 170-knot or 315 km/h mile-per-hour winds in 2013 as it slammed the Philippines. And now there is Patricia, forecast to soon hit Mexico, with currently estimated maximum sustained wind speeds of 175 knots or more than 324 km/h. It is officially the strongest hurricane ever measured by the U.S. National Hurricane Center, based on both its wind speed (175 knots) and its minimum central pressure (880 millibars). The wind measurement "makes Patricia...
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21 hurricanes and typhoons that shattered records in 2015
2015-10-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: Since this story was posted, yet another storm -- Hurricane Patricia -- in the eastern Pacific intensified to Category 4 status, making it 22 Category 4 and 5 storms that have formed so far this year. The combination of El Nio, other natural climate cycles and global warming have supercharged this year's tropical cyclone season in the northern hemisphere to the point where all-time records have been blown away. Specifically, there have now been 21 typhoons and hurricanes in the hemisphere...
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