Denniston noted that the variations over time in the numbers of
flood events recorded by his stalagmites matched reconstructed numbers of hurricanes in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean.
Not exact matches
The progressive order of the fossil
record can not be explained by a single
flood event.
Without including these, then you loses the single
flood event = fossil
record.
In fact, since many scholars believe that the
events described in the book of Job occurred long before the author of Genesis was alive [1], what the book of Job
records about the
flood may well be the earliest description of what happened in that cataclysmic
event.
Why couldn't God have inspired the author of the Gilgamesh epic to
record the
events of the
flood as well?
The sediments in Sky Pond in the Rocky Mountains show that around 1950 nitrogen began to
flood the lake, an
event unprecedented in at least 14,000 years and this isotopic
record too could have a pretty precise start date: July 2, 1909 when Fritz Haber first demonstrated how to make ammonia from the air in Germany.
And a large majority of Americans believe that global warming made several high profile extreme weather
events worse, including
record high summer temperatures nationwide, droughts in Texas and Oklahoma, catastrophic Mississippi River
flooding, Hurricane Irene and an unusually warm winter.
We need to be able to assess what sorts of
floods can possibly occur in the future, even if we haven't observed or
recorded similar
events.
The article, «Extreme rainfall activity in the Australian tropics reflects changes in the El Niño / Southern Oscillation over the last two millennia,» presents a precisely dated stalagmite
record of cave
flooding events that are tied to tropical cyclones, which include storms such as hurricanes and typhoons.
Newly published research by Rhawn Denniston, professor of geology at Cornell College, and his research team, applied a novel technique to stalagmites from the Australian tropics to create a 2,200 - year - long
record of
flood events that might also help predict future climate change.
And Brakenridge points out another less immediate application: «We have to know how big a
flood event is and keep a global
record of such
events in order to determine if climate change is accompanied by changes in the frequency and magnitude of big
floods.»
With
events like Hurricane Irene, the Texas drought and the Midwest
floods, 2011 has already set a
record for billion dollar weather disasters.
A recent report issued by the UN shows that over the last twenty years, 90 per cent of major disasters have been caused by 6,457
recorded floods, storms, heatwaves, droughts and other weather - related
events.
«The world experienced a series of
record - breaking weather
events in early 2007, from
flooding in Asia to heatwaves in Europe and snowfall in South Africa, the United Nations weather agency said on Tuesday.
The
event is no match for the state's «
flood of
record,» which was spawned by the remnants of a late - season tropical storm in 1927.
From what I've read and heard, rare
events, such as prolonged heat waves, very strong storms, and
floods of
record, will become less rare in a warming Earth.
Damage from extreme weather
events during 2017 racked up the biggest - ever bills for the U.S.. Most of these
events involved conditions that align intuitively with global warming: heat
records, drought, wildfires, coastal
flooding, hurricane damage and heavy rainfall.
Climate change is on the mind of many in B.C. as residents swelter in
record - breaking heat and bail out from destructive
floods, but scientists say it's not easy to connect extreme weather
events to global warming.
«With very high sea surface temperatures that have a strong global warming component, these
flooding events break
records, and cause untold damage,» he says.
In June 2008, a
record flood event exceeded the once - in -500-year
flood level by more than 5 feet, causing $ 5 to $ 6 billion in damages from
flooding, or more than $ 40,000 per resident of the city of Cedar Rapids.85 The
flood inundated much of the downtown, damaging more than 4,000 structures, including 80 % of government offices, and displacing 25,000 people.86 The
record flood at Cedar Rapids was the result of low reservoir capacity and extreme rainfall on soil already saturated from unusually wet conditions.
GENEVA (Reuters)- The world experienced a series of
record - breaking weather
events in early 2007, from
flooding in Asia to heatwaves in Europe and snowfall in South Africa, the United Nations weather agency said on Tuesday.
This is an indication that we could be rivaling the 1997 - 1998
record El Niño
event that caused devastating
flooding and mudslides across California.
Much ado has been made recently in the media and the blogosphere of recent extreme weather
events around the world: the
flooding in Tennessee and Pakistan, the Moscow heat waves,
record drought in the Amazon, and yet more
flooding in Queensland and Brazil.
They report in Nature Climate Change that a third of them had
recorded a greater number of
flood events, and only one in 10
recorded a decrease.
As well as droughts,
floods and other extreme
events, the next few years are also likely to be the hottest on
record, scientists say.
The El Niño
event of 2015 - 16 was one of the strongest on
record, bringing
flooding to much of South America, southern US and East Africa, and severe... Read More
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The El Niño
event of 2015 - 16 was one of the strongest on
record, bringing
flooding to much of South America, southern US and East Africa, and severe drought to Australia and southeast Asia.
Taking very small
events out of the equation, 750 relevant loss
events [in 2016] such as earthquakes, storms,
floods, droughts and heatwaves were
recorded in the Munich Re NatCatSERVICE database.
-LSB-...]
floods,
record temperatures,
record precipitation
events (both rainfall and snow), droughts, wildfires, tornadoes and other weather «
events» showing changed patterns that fit within what -LSB-...]
Meanwhile, the world's worst coral bleaching
event,
record sea ice lows, and coastal
flooding...
Masters's column then delves into specific
events from around the globe: extremely low Arctic ice and rapid melting in Greenland; a radical shift from El Nino to La Nina; an Amazonian drought; a bizarre period for tropical cyclones and monsoons;
floods, heat waves,
record rainfalls across the world; the strongest non-coastal storm in U.S. history; and a long list of countries that set
record high temperatures.
The focus was on extreme weather
events that occur on a seasonal timescale, and specifically on the United Kingdom
floods of Autumn 2000 which occurred during the wettest autumn ever
recorded, causing widespread damage and an estimated insured loss of # 1.3 billion.
Since the TAR, unusual extreme weather
events have occurred in most countries, such as continuous drought /
flood episodes, the Hurricane Catarina in the South Atlantic, and the
record hurricane season of 2005 in the Caribbean Basin.
This possibly explains the greater incidence of extreme weather
events of all types noted in the historic
records compared to today, especially the prolonged periods of heavy rain leading to
flooding.
With
events like Hurricane Irene, the Texas drought and the Midwest
floods, 2011 has already set a
record for billion dollar weather disasters.
The recent
events discussed were the wildfire at Fort McMurray in 2016, the Calgary
flood of 2013 and the
record low Arctic sea ice cover of 2012.
In 2010, the heat wave in Russia, fires in Israel,
flooding in Pakistan and Australia, landslides in China,
record snowfall across the mid-Atlantic region of the United States, and 12 Atlantic Ocean hurricanes were among the extreme weather
events.
In the United States, Americans have endured a
record - setting series of extreme weather
events in 2011, including the Mississippi
floods,
record high summer temperatures, and severe drought in Texas and Oklahoma.
Here is an excerpt of the research paper, «When It Rains It Pours», from Environment America, showing a statistically significant spike in flash
flooding and other extreme precipitation
events since 1948: «Weather
records show that storms with extreme precipitation have become more frequent over the last 60 years.
That
flooding rain was a
record weather
event, rainfall 700 mm was double their once in a century planning scenario.
Tectonic - magmatic (rift to drift)
events on both the West and East Greenland margins are
recorded by Paleocene and Early Eocene
flood basalts, regional dike swarms, central intrusions and sill complexes in Paleozoic - Mesozoic rift basins that have been exposed by Tertiary uplift.
Flooding in southern Alberta in 2005 resulted in approximately $ 300 million in insured payouts — one of the largest loss
events recorded in IBC between 1983 - 2005.
Rockford residents have seen a
record number of
flood events in recent years, so
flood insurance is an extremely good investment.
Flooding • CoreLogic estimates flood losses in the U.S. this year at approximately $ 10.67 billion, based on various flooding and storm events recorded in the National Climate Data
Flooding • CoreLogic estimates
flood losses in the U.S. this year at approximately $ 10.67 billion, based on various
flooding and storm events recorded in the National Climate Data
flooding and storm
events recorded in the National Climate Data Center.