Superstorm Sandy’s climate change connection

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Superstorm Sandy’s climate change connection

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 season, making it more likely that a Sandy could form, travel so far north, and have an opportunity to interact with a deep jet-stream trough associated with the strong block, which is steering it westward into the mid-Atlantic. While it’s impossible to say how this scenario might have unfolded if sea-ice had been as extensive as it was in the 1980s, the sit...

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@JaymEsch » 05 Nov '12, 10pm
@jpowell444 Sandy was not a "hurricane". it was a megastorm created by record arctic ice loss. [link]
@Klimaatstraten » 01 Nov '12, 2pm
RT @HIERisSible: Altijd genuanceerd blijven, maar klimaatverandering speelt een rol bij superstorm Sandy. [link]
@HIERisSible » 01 Nov '12, 2pm
Altijd genuanceerd blijven, maar klimaatverandering speelt een rol bij superstorm Sandy. [link]
@excelenciacl » 01 Nov '12, 1pm
RT @aandreup: RT @CDProject: How #climate change may have made #Sandy worse than it could have been: [link] via @grist
@aandreup » 01 Nov '12, 1pm
RT @CDProject: How #climate change may have made #Sandy worse than it could have been: [link] via @grist
@CDP » 01 Nov '12, 1pm
How #climate change may have made #Sandy worse than it could have been: [link] via @Grist
@wqueens7 » 01 Nov '12, 12pm
RT @ghanscom: Superstorm Sandy’s climate change connection [link]
@ducorwriter » 31 Oct '12, 8pm
RT @ERAction: "@pablosolon: Superstorm #Sandy's #climate change connection [link]”" Good analysis. Will the polluters listen ?
@darealmaozedong » 31 Oct '12, 7pm
RT @OccupyLondon: ""@pablosolon: Superstorm #Sandy's #climate change connection [link]”"" #ows
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@NnimmoB » 31 Oct '12, 7pm
"@pablosolon: Superstorm #Sandy's #climate change connection [link]”" Good analysis. Will the polluters listen ?
@vainasverdes » 31 Oct '12, 7pm
RT @pablosolon: Superstorm #Sandy's #climate change connection [link]”
@globalexchange » 31 Oct '12, 7pm
RT @greenforall: Those affected by #Sandy continue to be in our thoughts. We don't want to see this again. #Climatechange [link]
@greenforall » 31 Oct '12, 7pm
Those affected by #Sandy continue to be in our thoughts. We don't want to see this again. #Climatechange [link]
@caseywestonwood » 31 Oct '12, 1pm
Superstorm Sandy EVIDENCE of Climate Change [link] time to #THINKFWD #NOW
@noisye4c5 » 31 Oct '12, 3am
RT @saadhu: man is destroying himself and all life on earth. This is what i predicted in 'The Clone' and 'Kloniyakage Katha... [link]
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RT @lynx55: Superstorm #Sandy’s #climate change connection [link] via @grist #ctl #p2
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@saadhu » 31 Oct '12, 1am
man is destroying himself and all life on earth. This is what i predicted in 'The Clone' and 'Kloniyakage Katha... [link]
@saadhu » 31 Oct '12, 1am
man is totally responsible. as i wrote in 'The Clone' end of the human race is at hand. [link]
@ClimateSilence » 30 Oct '12, 6pm
RT @mlbyington: A result of unabated warming and amplification of that warming in the Arctic. . . #Sandy’s climate change connection [link]
@mlbyington » 30 Oct '12, 6pm
A result of unabated warming and amplification of that warming in the Arctic. . . #Sandy’s climate change connection [link]
@EarthOrgUK » 30 Oct '12, 6pm
RT @Close_the_door: Hi @SamAtRedmag FYI #closethedoor issue very timely this week re NYC #climatechange generated #Sandy storm [link]
@Close_the_door » 30 Oct '12, 5pm
Hi @SamAtRedmag FYI #closethedoor issue very timely this week re NYC #climatechange generated #Sandy storm [link]
@LemurDindoor » 30 Oct '12, 5pm
"At the nexus of warming temperatures, melting sea ice, and rising ocean levels are the atmospheric 'blocking events'- [link]
@ClimateSilence » 30 Oct '12, 5pm
"Climate change has hit us hard this year. #Sandy is only our most recent apocalyptic weather nightmare." -@susie_c [link]
@_AbbieC » 30 Oct '12, 5pm
RT @planamikebarry: How climate change may have made Sandy worse than it would have been [link]
@BroylesYost » 30 Oct '12, 5pm
#Sandy's climate change connection- well said @grist [link] but wrong tone from @ArchDaily [link]
@planamikebarry » 30 Oct '12, 5pm
How climate change may have made Sandy worse than it would have been [link]
@DylanKesti » 30 Oct '12, 5pm
MT @grist : @staffcommajon you were right on: Superstorm Sandy’s climate change connection [link] #climatesilence
@ecoShuttle » 30 Oct '12, 4pm
Huricane Sandy's climate change connection: [link]
@Energy_Rich » 30 Oct '12, 2pm
Climate what? #hehe RT @GreenTechPR: Superstorm #Sandy’s climate change connection: [link] via @grist
@GreenTechPR » 30 Oct '12, 1pm
Superstorm #Sandy’s climate change connection: [link] via @grist
@KarenMessier » 30 Oct '12, 1pm
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RT @theberks: RT @grist: Superstorm Sandy’s #climate change connection [link]
@b31ngW4t3r » 30 Oct '12, 11am
RT @WWF_Deutschland: RT @wwf_schweiz Sturm #Sandy und der Klimawandel: Es passt ins Muster. [link]
@Derautor » 30 Oct '12, 11am
RT @WWF_Schweiz: Sturm #Sandy und der Klimawandel: Es passt ins Muster. [link]
@WWF_Schweiz » 30 Oct '12, 11am
Sturm #Sandy und der Klimawandel: Es passt ins Muster. [link]
@matteocollina » 30 Oct '12, 8am
RT @ClaudioFloreani: Why #Sandy is a "Frankenstorm" [link]
@ClaudioFloreani » 30 Oct '12, 8am
Why #Sandy is a "Frankenstorm" [link]
@Piet_Heyn » 30 Oct '12, 8am
Superstorm #Sandy's klimaatverandering verbinding | Grist [link]
@ClubGreenNL » 30 Oct '12, 8am
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@ConservationHwk » 30 Oct '12, 2am
Water levels at New York's Battery Park are 4 feet higher than the previous record. Subways are flooding.... [link]
@WillSeattle » 30 Oct '12, 1am
“@grist: Superstorm Sandy’s climate change connection [link]” DO YOU HEAR US NOW, Deniers?
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