Category Archives: Extreme Weather

Federal Assistance for Disasters

Posted on September 19, 2023 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog was focused on the observations that private insurance companies are now running away from insuring for natural disasters, mainly because they lose money in this business. It was mentioned there that Florida, having its share of these … Continue reading →

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Human Reactions to the Climate Shift

Posted on November 1, 2022 by climatechangefork

The last three blogs examined the state of science in assigning attributions for extreme weather events to climate change. We have found that while this science is young when it comes to local events, it’s definite in terms of global … Continue reading →

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Attribution Vs. Chaos

Posted on October 18, 2022 by climatechangefork

My previous blog cited a long 2016 report by the National Academy that outlines two classes of mechanisms used for climate events to assess the likelihood of attributions to climate change: Event attribution approaches can be generally divided into two … Continue reading →

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Back from Germany

Posted on September 13, 2022 by climatechangefork

 A field of dead sunflowers  in Farsleben, Germany I have described Germany’s energy transition in earlier blogs (December 9 – 30, 2014, and October 1 – 8, 2019). As I mentioned in last week’s blog, I followed my trip to … Continue reading →

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The American Commitment

Posted on November 30, 2021 by climatechangefork

COP26 ended with a unanimous decision on how to accelerate the global effort to mitigate climate change. This included plans to assist developing countries in their adaptation efforts and to monitor progress in these areas on an annual basis. It’s … Continue reading →

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External Pressures on Oil Companies May Prompt Change. We’ll See.

Posted on September 21, 2021 by climatechangefork

I posted my first blog here on Earth Day, April 22, 2012. I’m now approaching 500 (498) blog posts. Almost all of them, directly or indirectly, have focused on climate change and the energy transition that we are necessarily going … Continue reading →

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Wet and Dry Global Divide

Posted on September 14, 2021 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog was “inspired” by hurricane Ida and the damage that it wreaked on Louisiana, the rest of the Gulf Coast, and the northeastern US. I promised that I would expand on the theme of climate change-related extreme weather, … Continue reading →

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Where Should We Go When Disaster Strikes?

Posted on September 7, 2021 by climatechangefork

When I started writing this blog on Wednesday morning, we were just beginning to see Hurricane Ida’s effects as it climbed through the Northeast, scheduled to pass through my home city, NYC. Two seemingly unrelated pieces in that day’s NYT … Continue reading →

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Heath Death Indicators

Posted on August 3, 2021 by climatechangefork

I have been spending most of my evenings watching the Tokyo Olympics.  One of the most frequent questions directed to athletes who have performed outdoors is how they handle the heat. Right now, Tokyo is having highs of 90oF, with … Continue reading →

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Heat Deaths and Cold Deaths

Posted on July 27, 2021 by climatechangefork

We have been seeing a slew of catastrophes throughout the world that roughly coincided with the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere (June 20th). Almost all of them have been either partially caused or worsened by climate change. These … Continue reading →

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