Sentences with phrase «increased hurricane risks»

One author, Christopher Landsea of the U.S. NOAA AOML, resigned from the IPCC AR4 wg1, in Januaty 2005; Landsea disagrees that projected warming will lead to increased hurricane risks.

And as Florida's state climatologist David Zierden, who is also a researcher at Florida State University, told me, «It's this continued development in vulnerable areas that's increasing our hurricane risk much more than climate change itself.»

If you're considering New Jersey for a vacation home or as a potential full - time resident, you'll want to consider the increased hurricane risk and issues that correspond with higher water levels and subsequent erosion.

Not exact matches

«In conclusion, while we can not say climate change «caused» hurricane Harvey (that is an ill - posed question), we can say that it exacerbate several characteristics of the storm in a way that greatly increased the risk of damage and loss of life,» Mann wrote.

For example, like homeowners insurance, renters insurance is more expensive in Florida because of the increased risk of perils (especially tropical storms and hurricanes).

Because climate change is linked to an increase in severe weather events — like hurricanes, tsunamis and extreme temperatures — poorer countries that lack the infrastructure and resources to handle them leave millions at risk.

«The primary risk that climate change may pose would be any potential increase in the frequency or intensity of strong thunderstorms, hurricanes or brushfires,» the company said on a climate risk disclosure form that California began requiring insurers to file this year.

«Dangerous» global warming includes consequences such as increased risk of extreme weather and climate events ranging from more intense heat waves, hurricanes, and floods, to prolonged droughts.

This trend is likely to continue, the researchers said, adding that major coastal disasters such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012 already have indicated the possibly increasing risks associated with settling in the country's low - lying coastal areas.

In Haiti, cholera is a risk; after 2016's Hurricane Matthew, affected areas experienced a 50 per cent increase in cases thanks to a lack of clean drinking water.

Climate change can lead to heavier rain from hurricanes and increased risk of coastal flooding due to storm surge.

Higher sea levels increase the risk of big storms — such as Hurricane Sandy — that cause flooding.

This is because there's a significantly increased risk of tropical storms and hurricanes on Wilmington renters insurance.

For example, like homeowners insurance, renters insurance is more expensive in Florida because of the increased risk of perils (especially tropical storms and hurricanes).

Global warming, hurricanes / flooding, and other factors may increase the mosquito population and thus influence heartworm risk.

So while scientists can not attribute Hurricane Katrina, drought, or other extreme weather events to climate change, they can say climate change increases the risk of these occurring.

So in terms of near term impacts of global warming, the risk of increased hurricane activity is pretty high on the list of things that the public is worried about.

If we're considering the risk of hurricane damages, and not just overall basin activity, then the effect of increased vertical wind shear would seem to be (at least) twofold — it not only reduces potential intensity, but it also influences the steering of hurricanes (since hurricanes are basically steered by the background flow plus a beta drift).

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«While we can not say climate change «caused» Hurricane Harvey... we can say that it exacerbated several characteristics of the storm in a way that greatly increased the risk of damage and loss of life,» climate scientist Michael Mann wrote in The Guardian.

«The global warming influence provides a new background level that increases the risk of future enhancements in hurricane activity,» Trenberth says.

Based on the increased risk of hurricane damages, we see CME's new futures and options contract to be a prominent instrument for mitigating risk» stated Dr. Thomas Nehrkorn, Director of Tropical Forecasting at AER.

«The implication is that the warmer oceans increased the risk of greater hurricane intensity and duration,» Trenberth said.

As Atlantic hurricanes intensify, it's clear that failing to act on science will increase the risks from future storms.

Global warming also increases both the risk and intensity of hurricanes — which are dependent on sea surface temperatures — and the hazards of flooding, because global warming is linked to sea level rise.

The increase in flooding risk due to extreme precipitation is dramatically illustrated by the 1,000 - year rainfall dropped by Hurricane Matthew.

[7][8] A warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor, feeding more precipitation into all storms including hurricanes, significantly amplifying extreme rainfall and increasing the risk of flooding.

There are increased risks associated with extreme events such as hurricanes.

Increasing carbon dioxide emissions could increase the risk of more frequent and more powerful hurricanes to strike at the northeastern coast of the United States.

With the toll from Hurricane Harvey still rising, Congress could do much more in its reauthorization of the NFIP to address increasing flood risks:

The risk of devastating events such as hurricanes, floods or droughts increases as global mean temperature increases (IPCC 2014) but the risk is not evenly distributed.

What sensible, pragmatic, bipartisan steps can we take to increase our resilience to risks that a disaster like Hurricane Harvey represents?

Climate change could significantly increase the risk of hurricanes and storms in the Caribbean and threaten future development in the region, concludes a new study released by the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRrisk of hurricanes and storms in the Caribbean and threaten future development in the region, concludes a new study released by the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRRisk Insurance Facility (CCRIF).

The rehearing petition shows how the panel decision, if allowed to stand, will let HFCs keep fueling dangerous climate change, increasing risks for the millions of Americans who are living through hurricanes and other extreme weather events, and experiencing many other climate impacts.

One would be foolish to make plans that have to deal with U.S. hurricane risk without accounting for the evidence that the underlying risk is increasing, whether or not actuarial trends have yet emerged at the 95 percent confidence level.

Driven by changes in ocean circulation, the rapid sea level rise will bring increased risk of damage from hurricanes and winter storm surges, researchers say.

It has been tight - lipped even about the risks for its massive oil refinery facilities in coastal areas subject to storm surges and flooding and associated with sea - level rise and the projected increased intensity and rainfall rates of North Atlantic hurricanes.

Record - warm North Pacific brings increased risk that East / Central Pacific hurricane remnants will affect California between now and the end of October.

Or did someone (mistakenly) rewrite Webster's answer to add a scientific assertion that is not supported by the data you present (i.e., «the increased risk of category 5 hurricanes»)?

This suggests that risk assessment is needed for all coastal cities in the southern and southeastern U.S.... The southeastern U.S needs to begin planning to match the increased risk of category - 5 hurricanes.

Circle, in blue, the cities facing a water shortage; red, those at increased risk of hurricanes; black, those likely to experience severe job losses.

I took issue with the last sentence, pointing out that there was no evidence in either the 2005 Science paper or the 2006 BAMS paper of an increased risk of category - 5 hurricanes.

Is there any way to correct the online version of the 2006 BAMS paper so that the charts are labeled correctly and so that you don't make a claim of an «increased risk of category 5 hurricanes» if Webster didn't actually say that in the passage you purport to quote.

This implies that at some point within the next decade, there is the risk that the intensity of North Atlantic hurricanes could increase rapidly to the global average (with possibly a concurrent decrease in another ocean basin).

James» quote - «In the BAMS article, the authors criticize others for irresponsible public statements on global warming and praise their own caution, yet the press release they quote asserts an «increased risk» of category - 5 hurricanes threatening the southeastern U.S., but neither their own two articles, nor the data they claim to have used, show any such statistically significant trend.»

I wasn't at all objecting to the advice, which seems eminently sound; I was objecting to the idea that the authors» data showed a significantly «increased risk of category - 5 hurricanes.»

«The southeastern U.S. needs to begin planning to manage the increased risk of category 5 hurricanes.»

In the BAMS article, the authors criticize others for irresponsible public statements on global warming and praise their own caution, yet the press release they quote asserts an «increased risk» of category - 5 hurricanes threatening the southeastern U.S., but neither their own two articles, nor the data they claim to have used, show any such statistically significant trend.

But the phrase that I objected to — «the increased risk of category 5 hurricanes» — does not appear in the interview you referenced.

But «climate change,» the preferred alternative of the scientists that allows them to blame hurricanes, floods and blizzards on carbon emissions, is also at increasing risk of mockery...