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The "Frankenstorm" and Global Warming

dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com 28 Oct '12, 8pm

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The jet stream pattern — particularly the strongly negative NAO [North Atlantic Oscillation ] and associated blocking — that has been in place for the last 2 weeks and is projected to be with us into next week is exactly the sort of highly amplified (i.e., wavy) pattern that I’d expect to see more of in response to ice loss and enhanced Arctic warming. Blocking happens naturally, of course, but it’s very possible that this block may have been boosted in intensity and/or duration by the record-breaking ice loss this summer. Late-season hurricanes are not unheard of either, but Sandy just happened to come along during this anomalous jet-stream pattern, as well as during an autumn with record-breaking warm sea-surface temperatures off the US east coast. It could very well be that general warming along with high sea-surface temperatures have lengthened the tropical storm seaso...

Full article: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/the-frankens...

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@isomorphisms » 16 Nov '12, 7am
@vruba e.g. provide an alternative gage to north arctic oscillation? [link]
@abhaskjha » 08 Nov '12, 2pm
Great post by @Revkin on the state of our knowledge on extreme #weather and Global Warming [link]
@pattyogrady » 04 Nov '12, 11pm
WIth sea levels rising and many enduring hardship, it is time to teach the science of global warming. [link]
@hydrocoal » 02 Nov '12, 5pm
RT @WAPolicyGreen: "too much natural variability in..rare and powerful storms" to identify climate influence in Sandy. [link]
@WAPolicyGreen » 02 Nov '12, 3pm
"too much natural variability in...rare and powerful storms" to identify climate influence in Sandy. [link]
@dashtorahul » 02 Nov '12, 2pm
Very Interesting debate : [link] #Frankenstorm
@DominicDriver » 02 Nov '12, 6am
@billybragg @bcmerchant #SwungToTheLeft "@ToThePoint_KCRW: Is “climate change present in every single meto..l event"? [link]"
@IAmYasuni » 01 Nov '12, 8pm
RT @AssignEarth Fascinating article putting #Sandy in a climate context, from @dotearth. [link]
@ThsAmericanLand » 01 Nov '12, 8pm
Fascinating article putting #Sandy in a climate context, from @dotearth. [link]
@davidharsanyi » 01 Nov '12, 1pm
@hblodget William Gray, who I intereviewed a bunch of times, thinks its ridiculous. & there are a lot of views on topic [link]
@LastBrainLeft » 01 Nov '12, 1pm
.@Tyrangiel @BW Why are you asserting something that scientists are not? [link]
@citizenlcain » 01 Nov '12, 8am
RT @LastBrainLeft: @rockdrool If that makes perfect sense to you, you are scientifically illiterate. Leave science to scientists. [link]
@MattRuffin » 01 Nov '12, 6am
Great article about the #science and #politics of #Sandy: [link] #sustainability #energy
@MattRuffin » 01 Nov '12, 6am
Now this is excellent #climate reporting: [link] Much better the NYT #Sandy story from a few hours ago.
@CJRucker » 01 Nov '12, 2am
NOAA's Hoerling rejects #Frankenstorm #climate link: @climatedepot [link]
@mledford » 31 Oct '12, 8pm
@cbarrett Quote from Martin Hoerling: [link]
@jpderosa » 31 Oct '12, 8pm
NOAA's Martin Hoerling rejects 'Frankenstorm' climate change link [link]
@TWKftw » 31 Oct '12, 6pm
@ShaneSchleger @bkice_ yea seems like an emotional reaction. we just don't know yet. take a few minutes and read this: [link]
@LastBrainLeft » 31 Oct '12, 3pm
@rockdrool If that makes perfect sense to you, you are scientifically illiterate. Leave science to scientists. [link]
@LastBrainLeft » 31 Oct '12, 3pm
.@BetteMidler Please leave the science to the scientists: [link]
@HurricaneHerald » 31 Oct '12, 3pm
How we could have avoided #Sandy, via @nytimes: [link]
@MichaelBlum3 » 31 Oct '12, 3pm
@billyscoggins Yes, as relates to "climate change" and "unprecedented!" which is my point [link]
@lachlan » 31 Oct '12, 1pm
Next 2 tweets are a quote from NOAA meteorologist Martin Hoerling on the link between #Sandy and global warming, from [link]
@orbman » 31 Oct '12, 1pm
@kober Třeba tohoto [link] Watts řadí do "IS NOT the cause", přičemž autor ve skutečnosti tvrdí "it’s just not that simple".
@DavidMader » 31 Oct '12, 12am
Hint: no such foundation has yet been established, as explained in this piece from the ever-skeptical New York Times. [link]
@RodSmelser » 31 Oct '12, 12am
@SethDKlein @MarcLeeCCPA Here is Andrew Revkin in the Times. [link] Not all climate experts link this event to climate change.
@ian_mclaughlin » 30 Oct '12, 10am
@Glinner I expect this won't suit your argument.. [link]
@raffa_gm » 30 Oct '12, 8am
The "Frankenstorm" and Global Warming - NYTimes (v @Revkin @dotearth) [link]
@RodSmelser » 30 Oct '12, 5am
“@Orlandodanny: @RodSmelser [link]” @BrentToderian NYT piece explains that linkages of Sandy and climate change aren't clear.
@michaelbd » 30 Oct '12, 4am
@GrantBrooke you aren't even scientifically literate. Not all storms are for our sins: [link]
@Orlandodanny » 30 Oct '12, 4am
@RodSmelser [link]
@Orlandodanny » 30 Oct '12, 4am
@WillMcAvoyACN Here's a more balanced rational view, if you are up to the reading [link]
@Orlandodanny » 30 Oct '12, 3am
@McCainBlogette Here is a balanced view taking into account actual evidence [link]
@LSchonder » 30 Oct '12, 3am
Messing with Mother Nature ... [link]
@21law » 30 Oct '12, 3am
RT @zackbeauchamp: @michaelbd Decent summary of the Sandy-relevant climate science from @Revkin here: [link]
@michaelbd » 30 Oct '12, 3am
Here is a brief overview of why you can't just blame mankind's (environmental) sins for today's tragedy. [link]
@zackbeauchamp » 30 Oct '12, 3am
@michaelbd Decent summary of the Sandy-relevant climate science from @Revkin here: [link]
@JimClouse » 30 Oct '12, 2am
Thoughtful explanation of how major weather events such as #Sandy relate to #climate change, and how they don't @Revkin [link]
@GrnLifestyle » 29 Oct '12, 9pm
Read more about Hurricane Sandy, the #FrankenStorm 's connection to climate change [link]
@KarolineKbel » 29 Oct '12, 8pm
RT @ConservationOrg: Is #Sandy fueled by climate change? Maybe. Maybe not. But surely we don't want to risk having this happen more often: [link]
@pcopernik » 29 Oct '12, 8pm
RT @ConservationOrg: The #Frankenstorm in Climate Context [link]
@Sci_Phile » 29 Oct '12, 8pm
Storms of Sandy's power are what we expect from CO2-driven global warming, but there's a lot more to it than that [link]
@wanderingdoc » 29 Oct '12, 7pm
The complexity of Sandy argues against drawing simple conclusions. [link]
@gappy3000 » 29 Oct '12, 7pm
Global Warming is a theory that explains all the available facts [ex post] [link]
@MarnieUrso » 29 Oct '12, 6pm
RT @MichaelScott81: The "Frankenstorm" and Global Warming - [link] [link] Work by @Revkin always compelling and well-researched.
@MichaelScott81 » 29 Oct '12, 6pm
The "Frankenstorm" and Global Warming - [link] [link] Work by @Revkin always compelling and well-researched.
@GreatNewtonSch » 29 Oct '12, 6pm
RT @climateaccess: The #Frankenstorm in Climate Context [link] via @Revkin
@nicole_amber » 29 Oct '12, 5pm
@Revkin explores the connection between the #frankenstorm and climate change [link] #sandy
@TerracareAssoc » 29 Oct '12, 4pm
Via @earthtechling #Frankenstorm Hurricane Sandy [link] Wishing the best to the East Coast!
@KeithBanta1956 » 29 Oct '12, 4pm
RT @QTweather: QT Weather: #SANDY might as well start talking about it now. [link]