Tag Archives: Hurricanes

Hurricanes and carbon cuts

Posted on September 23, 2018 by ...and Then There's Physics

I was wanting to quickly comment on a recent Bjorn Lomborg article in the New York Post called No, global warming isn’t causing worse hurricanes. It’s mainly a response to another article in the New York Post called Climate change … Continue reading →

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It’s complicated, and it’s coupled

Posted on September 11, 2017 by ...and Then There's Physics

Matt Ridley, whose writings I’ve discussed before, has a new article in The Times called we are more than a match for hurricanes, that essentially argues that [w]hether or not tropical storms are becoming fiercer, our growing wealth and ingenuity … Continue reading →

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Extreme weather events

Posted on August 29, 2017 by ...and Then There's Physics

Gavin Schmidt had an interesting Twitter thread about discussing the link between extreme weather events and climate change. I’ve included an image of the thread on the right (click on it to expand) but the basic suggestion (with which I … Continue reading →

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