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Five Category 4+ tropical cyclones have struck U.S. soil in 14 months.

August 13, 2024October 27, 2018 by Dave

Ian Livingston, a weather forecaster, writes in the Washington Post regarding something that is quite unprecedented. It has been predicted by various climate models that a warming world will result in more intense tropical cyclones, and that is exactly what is happening. Ian lays it all out … Category 5 Super Typhoon Yutu, which decimated … Read more

Climate Change: The intensification of super typhoons

February 9, 2020November 29, 2016 by Dave

Back in 2006 when stopped at a gas station on my way to the remote town of Trinidad on the southern coast of Cuba I was approached by a chap who asked for a lift. That is quite normal there, if you drive with an empty car then you would feel guilty if you had no passengers. It is … Read more