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Understanding and Predicting Hurricanes in a Warmer World

Understanding and Predicting Hurricanes in a Warmer World

July 13, 2020
climate change   Extreme Weather  

Scientists at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory use models and observations to understand tropical storms and advance the science of predicting them.

What the Forecast for an Active Hurricane Season Means for the Atlantic Region

What the Forecast for an Active Hurricane Season Means for the Atlantic Region

June 4, 2020
climate response   Extreme Weather  

Columbia atmospheric scientist Suzana Camargo is on the leading edge of exploring and defining risks to people, property and the economy in the face of escalating extreme weather events.

Assessing the Impact of Declining Arctic Sea Ice on Extreme Weather

Assessing the Impact of Declining Arctic Sea Ice on Extreme Weather

December 10, 2018
Arctic   climate change   Extreme Weather  

Yutian Wu, an atmospheric scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received funding from the Center for Climate and Life to investigate whether the loss of Arctic sea ice promotes severe weather over North America.

What Do Cold Snaps Have to Do With Climate Change?

What Do Cold Snaps Have to Do With Climate Change?

January 13, 2018
climate response   Extreme Weather  

Deepti Singh, a Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory post-doctoral fellow, believes the reasons for the recent big chill and powerful snowstorm may be linked to climate change — and this is only the beginning of the weather impacts humanity can expect.

Recovery from Harvey Could Take 15 Years

Recovery from Harvey Could Take 15 Years

August 29, 2017
Extreme Weather   natural disasters  

Irwin Redlener, the director of Columbia’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness, weighs in on the heartbreaking devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in southeast Texas.

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