The top 10 global weather and climate change events of 2021
Jan 11, 2022 · The top 10 global weather and climate change events of 2021. The most extreme heat wave in modern history, a record four $20 billion-plus weather disasters, and the hottest month on record globally highlighted a remarkable year in weather and climate. A pyrocumulonimbus cloud – a thunderstorm cloud created by the intense heat from a massive ...
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What the latest science says about Antarctica and sea-level rise
Feb 23, 2022 · If the Earth’s temperature were to rise to 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 F) above pre-industrial levels, a third of Antarctica’s ice shelves could become destabilized and would be at risk of collapse, according to an April 2021 paper in Geophysical Research Letters. About 193,000 square miles (500,000 square kilometers) of these ice shelves — an ...
Eye on the Storm - Yale Climate Connections
Welcome to “Eye on the Storm” …. Weather Underground Co-Founder Dr. Jeff Masters and his long-time meteorologist and writer colleague, Bob Henson, now are both regular contributors to Yale Climate Connections, offering the kinds of timely and authoritative weather and climate analyses that have gained them many thousands of followers ...
Death Valley, California, breaks the all-time world heat ...
Jul 12, 2021 · If verified, the 130 degrees Fahrenheit (54.4°C) reading at the Furnace Creek Visitor's Center on Friday, July 9, 2021, would be Earth's highest reliably measured temperature.
How climate change is making hurricanes more dangerous
Jul 8, 2019 · Generally, the increase in rainfall follows the Clausius-Clapeyron equation, which dictates that for every one degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) increase, the atmosphere can hold 7% more moisture. This increase in moisture and rainfall does not fall uniformly; in tropical cyclones this effect is boosted.
Pros and cons of fracking: 5 key issues - Yale Climate Connections
May 27, 2015 · A brief guide to sorting out the plusses and minuses of key fracking issues. There’s an issue where the underlying science remains a political football, and scientists are regularly challenged and called out personally. Where energy needs and short-term economic growth are set against our children’s health and future.
Electric cars vs. gasoline cars: Which is better for climate change ...
Jul 8, 2021 · He says the results are clear. Even with the current electricity mix in the United States, driving using electricity is cleaner than gasoline. And Reichmuth says that as the country transitions from fossil fuels to clean energy, electric cars will have lower emissions in each year that goes by. “So effectively, electric cars already on the ...
Pros and cons: Promise, pitfalls of natural gas
Jul 7, 2016 · Natural gas is relatively cheap. The cost of natural gas in March of this year fell to its lowest levels since 1998 – to $1.57 per million Btu according to “Henry Hub” spot prices. However, in recent months spot prices have been rising. EIA reported the Henry Hub spot price at $2.93 per million Btu as of June 29.
The most reliable hurricane models, based on their 2021 ...
Jun 9, 2022 · The GFS model was the best model in 2021, followed by the European model. The HWRF, HMON, COAMPS-TC, and CMC models did respectably for forecasts up to 72 hours; at longer time periods, the CMC and COAMPS-TC models performed poorly. The official 2021 NHC Atlantic track forecasts tended to have a northeast bias of 7-21 miles for one- to three ...