Devastation in the wake of Hurricane Dorian
In the first week of September 2019, Hurricane Dorian left a path of destruction from the Caribbean to the Canadian Maritimes. The storm devastated the northern Bahama Islands
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Best of 2017: Climate change will cause more cyclones in Arabian Sea
Scientists say that Cyclone Ockhi, which ravaged large parts of India’s west coast in December, indicates that such severe storms are increasing in the Arabian Sea due to climate change
“We predicted that intense cyclones will increase during the late monsoon season in the Arabian Sea due to anthropogenic (manmade) forcing,” says Hiroyuki Murakami, a Princeton…Read more
Climate change will cause more cyclones in Arabian Sea
Scientists say that Cyclone Ockhi, which ravaged large parts of India’s west coast in December, indicates that such severe storms are increasing in the Arabian Sea due to climate change
“We predicted that intense cyclones will increase during the late monsoon season in the Arabian Sea due to anthropogenic (manmade) forcing,” says Hiroyuki Murakami, a Princeton…Read more
Climate change a threat to rich and poor alike
The devastation of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season and record floods across Bangladesh, India and Nepal serve as a reminder that the impacts of climate change know no borders
On the eve of the International Day for Disaster Reduction, we need to remember that in the past two years, over 40 million people across the world were forced from their homes by disasters…Read More
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