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The more the climate changes, the more they stay the same U.K. Ministry of Defence: Global warming goes on, deniers are deluded	Joseph Romm	25 Sep 2008	Gristmill
The U.K.'s Met Office issued a blunt statement on Tuesday, 'Global warming goes on,' that begins: Anyone who thinks global warming has stopped has their head in the sand. The evidence is clear -- the long-term trend in global temperatures is rising, and humans are largely responsible for this rise. Global warming does not mean that each year will be warmer than the last, natural phenomena will mean that some years will be much warmer and others cooler. You only need to ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, greenhouse-gas emissions, severe weather, United Kingdom (all these topics)

The Beach Is Back Severe erosion caused by Hurricane Ike may make many homes illegal		22 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 11:03 AM on 22 Sep 2008 Hundreds of beach houses on the gulf coast of Texas may soon be declared illegal and seized under a state law that prohibits houses from being built (or remaining) between a beach's high and low tide marks. Hurricane Ike's 12-foot storm surge and 100-mile-per-hour winds severely eroded many Texas beaches and redrew the tide lines enough that even many beach houses that survived ...
Topics: habitat loss, news, placemaking, severe weather, Texas (all these topics)

Barking up all the wrong trees Oldest Utah newspaper: Bark-beetle driven wildfires comprise a vicious climate cycle	Joseph Romm	18 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Deseret News, owned by the Mormon Church and 'usually described as moderate to conservative' may have begun the slow march toward climate reality. A story this month titled, 'Bark beetles are feasting on Utah forests' begins: A vicious cycle is brewing in Utah: Bark beetles are killing a lot of trees in the state. Dead trees are fuel for wildfires, which experts say contributes to global warming. And climate change is now being blamed for an increased population of b ...
Topics: climate change impacts, climate science, climate, severe weather, Utah (all these topics)

There Will Be Crud Hurricane Ike leaves toxic mess on Galveston Island		16 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 7:20 AM on 16 Sep 2008 Hurricane Ike left a big mess behind as it passed over Galveston, Texas, and other Gulf Coast areas, but the mess wasn't just from debris. Just as with Hurricane Katrina, the combination of destructive high winds and subsequent flooding have created a toxic soup that's potentially dangerous to residents, cleanup crews, and the environment. Floodwaters have mixed with gasoline, paints, househo ...
Topics: news, severe weather, Texas, toxics (all these topics)

The quiet above the storm Satellite images of Ike	Kit Stolz	15 Sep 2008	Gristmill
From Wundberblog:
Topics: climate, climate science, severe weather (all these topics)

Confessions of a Dangerous Wind Hurricane Ike messes with Texas, other states as it hits U.S.		15 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 5:32 AM on 15 Sep 2008 Before hitting land in the United States on Saturday, Hurricane Ike killed some 70 people in Haiti and four in Cuba last week as it made its way north from the Caribbean, but so far in the U.S. the death toll estimate remains a relatively modest 13. Hurricane Ike nailed Texas as well as Louisiana and Arkansas with winds up to 100 miles per hour as well as heavy rains an ...
Topics: energy, news, oil and gas drilling, severe weather, United States (all these topics)

Kicking up a storm Nature: Hurricanes are getting fiercer	Joseph Romm	05 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Nature has published a major analysis that supports my recent two-parter. As Nature explains: ... scientists have come up with the firmest evidence so far that global warming will significantly increase the intensity of the most extreme storms worldwide.The maximum wind speeds of the strongest tropical cyclones have increased significantly since 1981, according to research published in Nature this week. And the upward trend, thought to be driven by rising ocean tem ...
Topics: climate, climate science, climate change impacts, severe weather, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

I'll Huff and I'll Puff ... Warming seas make strong storms stronger, says new study		03 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 1:39 PM on 03 Sep 2008 As Gustav, Hanna, Ike, and Josephine become household names, more research has been added to the ongoing debate over the impact of climate change on hurricanes. A new study published in Nature indicates that warming seas have not increased the intensity of your everyday hurricane, but have made the mightiest storms even mightier. In essence, "if the seas continue to warm, w ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, news, severe weather (all these topics)

Typhoon Marys and cyclone Janes Why future Katrinas and Gustavs will be much worse, part 2	Joseph Romm	03 Sep 2008	Gristmill
A lot of knee-jerk deniers (please don't write in -- I know that is redundant) misread 'part 1,' as I knew they would. I was not wading into the issue of whether global warming has already made intense tropical storms more common. That remains a great subject of debate, mostly because of the inadequacy of historical hurricane records, before the satellite era, and especially before WWII. That said, the North Atlantic seems special because much of the hurricane-formin ...
Topics: severe weather, climate change impacts, climate science, climate (all these topics)

Stormy weather Should environmentalists jump on climate disasters?	Glenn Hurowitz	03 Sep 2008	Gristmill
There's a heated debate going on about whether environmentalists should jump on breaking climate disasters like Gustav and frame them in terms of global warming and other environmental issues. Open Left's Matt Stoller and Center for American Progress's Joseph Romm say yes, and 'anonymous environmental leader' says no (all are must-reads). In my recent book, Fear and Courage in the Democratic Party, I wrote about some research that might shed light on this question (th ...
Topics: politics, climate science, climate change impacts, severe weather, climate (all these topics)

Hurri-cane we stop these storms? Why global warming means killer storms worse than Katrina and Gustav, part 1	Joseph Romm	03 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Hurricanes can get much, much bigger and stronger than we have so far seen in the Atlantic. The most intense Pacific storm on record was Super Typhoon Tip in 1979, which reached maximum sustained winds of 190 mph near the center. On its wide rim, gale-force winds (39 mph) extended over a diameter of an astonishing 1,350 miles. It would have covered nearly half the continental United States. 'More than half the total hurricane damage in the U.S. (normalized for infla ...
Topics: oceans, severe weather, climate change impacts, climate science, climate (all these topics)

Warning signs from Hurricane Gustav How did so much water get into a New Orleans canal?	John McQuaid	03 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Here's a question I'd like to know the answer to. Hurricane Gustav dealt New Orleans a glancing blow, passing it by to the west. Yet as the world saw, the city's Industrial Canal -- a large ship channel running north-south close to neighborhoods -- filled nearly to the top, and there was some alarming, if mostly harmless, overtopping due to wind and waves. Why did this happen, and what does it say about the city's vulnerabilities in future storms -- and Louisiana's ...
Topics: wetlands, Mississippi River, Louisiana, severe weather, climate, Army Corps of Engineers (all these topics)

We Must Decrease Our Gustav Oil platforms off La. fare OK under hurricane; wetlands, not so much		02 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 10:39 AM on 02 Sep 2008 Louisiana's people and property fared better under Hurricane Gustav than had been feared, but acres of valuable wetlands were likely irrevocably destroyed. "The last thing on anyone's mind during a hurricane is how the wetlands are going to do," says activist Aaron Giles. But since happy and healthy wetlands act as storm barriers, "wetlands are a criti ...
Topics: energy, George Bush, habitat loss, Louisiana, news, oil and gas drilling, severe weather, wetlands (all these topics)

Gustav, climate, drilling, McCain, Palin Some enviros self-censor, but should progressives?	Joseph Romm	01 Sep 2008	Gristmill
A friend forwarded me an email titled "Gustav and Hannah" that was written to environmental activists by one of the top environmental leaders in this country. I am going to write on it at length because it is illustrative of the catastrophic messaging failure of the environmental community on issues of climate, government action, and energy. I strongly believe other progressives must not make the same mistakes. Here are key quotes from the email about ...
Topics: climate, climate science, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin, severe weather (all these topics)

RNC: Monday's official events canceled Hurricane Gustav diverts attention from GOP gathering in St. Paul	Kate Sheppard	31 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Well, I am in Minneapolis/St. Paul, and there's plenty of questions as to what's going to happen here for the Republican National Convention as the nation braces for Hurricane Gustav. The latest news from officials is that tomorrow's convention program 'will only include required proceedings.' After that, no one really knows. 'At some point between Monday and Thursday evening, we will convene once again to complete the activities needed to qualify Senator McCain and ...
Topics: Muckraker, politics, Republican National Convention, severe weather (all these topics)

RNC: Hurricane Gustav shakes up Republican convention As the storm moves toward the Gulf Coast, Bush and McCain ponder skipping the event	Kate Sheppard	31 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The Republican National Convention is still going to kick off tomorrow, despite previous talk about delaying it because of Hurricane Gustav. It's currently a Category 3 storm, but folks in the area fear it might gain force before hitting land sometime on Monday. While the RNC won't be delayed, the hurricane is altering plans for the event. From Politico: President Bush is unlikely to make it to the Republican National Convention and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) may de ...
Topics: Muckraker, politics, Republican National Convention, severe weather (all these topics)

The storm of the century (so far) Will Gustav be the next Katrina?	Joseph Romm	29 Aug 2008	Gristmill
On August 23, 2005, a tropical depression formed 175 miles southeast of Nassau. By the next day, it had grown into tropical storm Katrina and was intensifying rapidly. Early in the evening on August 25, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near North Miami Beach. Even though it was only a Category 1 storm, with sustained wind speeds of about 80 miles-per-hour, it caused significant damage and flooding, and took 14 lives. The hurricane's quick nighttime trip across ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Louisiana, severe weather (all these topics)

It's my Party, I can cry if I want to ... Rove on hurricanes in August: 'The Republicans can't seem to get a break'	Joseph Romm	29 Aug 2008	Gristmill
I reprint this post from TPM election central (a must-read blog for political junkies): Priorities, priorities.Check out this Karl Rove quote buried in a Fox News article about the threat Hurricane Gustav poses to the GOP's convention plans: 'The Republicans can't seem to get a break when it comes to August and when it comes to the weather,' said Rove, a FOX News analyst. 'I know this is being thought a lot about in Washington and at the White House and discussed ...
Topics: politics, Republican National Convention, severe weather (all these topics)

The Story of Gus Hurricane forecast to hit U.S. Gulf Coast next week; oil and gas rigs shut down		29 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 6:56 AM on 29 Aug 2008 Next week, just days after the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall near New Orleans, a new hurricane could hit the area, causing heavy winds, rain, and political problems aplenty for Republicans. Already, some energy companies drilling for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico have shut down their operations ahead of the storm's approach. Gustav, now a trop ...
Topics: energy, news, politics, severe weather (all these topics)

RNC possibly delayed by Tropical Storm Gustav? Natural disasters, evacuated oil rigs might cause a PR disaster for the GOP	Kate Sheppard	29 Aug 2008	Gristmill
According to the Washington Post, Republican officials are considering delaying their convention in St. Paul because of Tropical Storm Gustav, which might hit the Gulf Coast as a full-force hurricane next week. If it does reach land during their convention, it would hit a sore spot for Republicans, whose current representative in the White House has been blamed for mishandling the response to Hurricane Katrina almost exactly three years ago. And there's another p ...
Topics: Muckraker, news, politics, Republican National Convention, severe weather (all these topics)

Hurricane McCain Major hurricane tracks to New Orleans on eve of Republican Convention?	Joseph Romm	27 Aug 2008	Gristmill
That subhead is lifted from Drudge. Needless to say, he left out ' ... and on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, where both Bush and McCain were AWOL' (see TP's 'As Katrina hit, McCain celebrated 69th birthday with Bush'). Track the storm with the National Hurricane Center here. Best hurricane blog here. Readers of this blog know that my brother lost his home in Katrina three years ago, which is probably the main reason I began this blog in the firs ...
Topics: climate, Louisiana, Republican National Convention, severe weather (all these topics)

On the Brink of Disaster Report identifies areas where natural disasters could hit hardest		22 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 1:51 PM on 22 Aug 2008 Natural disasters made more severe by climate change will hit especially hard in regions with shaky political, economic, and security situations, says a new report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and relief agency CARE International. Vulnerable areas include central Africa, the Horn of Africa, and the Sahel; Afghanistan, the Casp ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, severe weather, United Nations (all these topics)

At Least Buy Us All Umbrellas Science orgs plead for more funding for severe-weather preparation		21 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 8:30 AM on 21 Aug 2008 More floods, storms, and droughts are a-comin', and the U.S. lacks funding to predict and prepare for 'em, say eight scientific organizations. The groups, including the American Geophysical Union and American Meteorological Society, made a plea Wednesday for Congress and the next U.S. president to double the current budget for climate research and forecasting between ...
Topics: climate, climate change adaptation, climate change impacts, climate science, news, severe weather (all these topics)

Climate forecast: Hot and then even hotter NOAA says July 08 was fifth warmest on record	Joseph Romm	18 Aug 2008	Gristmill
I know we're supposed to be going into a period of cooling, at least according to people who don't believe in the scientific method. For those who do however, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center reports in its 'Climate of 2008 July in Historical Perspective': Based on preliminary data, the globally averaged combined land and sea surface temperature was the fifth warmest on record for July and the ninth warmest for the January-July year-to-date period. It is worth ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, severe weather (all these topics)

It's raining tigers and wolves Science: Extreme rains supercharged by warming	Joseph Romm	10 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Science has just published, 'Atmospheric Warming and the Amplification of Precipitation Extremes' ($ub. req'd). It concludes: Here, we use satellite observations and model simulations to examine the response of tropical precipitation events to naturally driven changes in surface temperature and atmospheric moisture content.These observations reveal a distinct link between rainfall extremes and temperature, with heavy rain events increasing during warm periods and dec ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, severe weather (all these topics)

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