Category 6 Hurricanes: A New Reality in Climate Change Science
For over half a century, the National Hurricane Center has employed the Saffir-Simpson Windscale to convey the potential for property damage; this system classifies hurricanes…
For over half a century, the National Hurricane Center has employed the Saffir-Simpson Windscale to convey the potential for property damage; this system classifies hurricanes…
Researchers found that Atlantic hurricane activity and Sahel rainfall follow aerosol emissions. A new climate study led by scientists at the University Miami Rosenstiel School…
The major storm fluctuated in intensity as it approached the U.S. East Coast. On September 12, 2023, Hurricane Lee continued its slow west-northwest trajectory across…
The storm delivered torrential rain to parts of Southern California, Nevada, and Mexico, leaving flooded streets and power outages in its wake. Once a powerful…
The major hurricane was expected to weaken before delivering heavy rain to Mexico and Southern California. Hurricane Hilary, a category 4 storm in the Pacific…
Likelihood of greater activity rises due to record-warm sea surface temperatures. NOAA has increased the prediction for an above-normal 2023 Atlantic hurricane season to 60%,…
Observations made by NASA’s newest storm-watching satellites captured the evolution of Hurricane Adrian’s structure as the storm strengthened. In the final week of June 2023,…
NASA’s CPEX-CV mission in September 2022 gathered extensive data on the early stages of hurricane formation off Africa’s northwestern coast, providing insight into how dust,…
When you say, “Are hurricanes getting stronger?” in the sense of, “Are they going to be category six?” The answer, in that case, will be…
Where does that energy come from? Landfalling North Atlantic tropical cyclones (TCs) inflict significant economic damage to human civilization. Between 1900 and 2017, 197 North…
Study rates 50 largest U.S. cities – finds marginal evacuation planning improvements. Evacuation planners rarely considered the needs of carless and vulnerable populations before Hurricane…
According to researchers, ocean cooling is an effectively impossible solution to mitigate disasters. According to recent research, even if we had infinite power to artificially…
Storm-stirred sediment produced colorful swirls along the western coast of Florida. Hurricane Ian barreled into Florida’s southwestern coast on September 28, 2022, as a powerful…
Several cities on the west coast of Florida lost much of their electric power for days after the storm. Hurricane Ian roared across Florida over…
Hurricane Ian is pictured above in a stunning photograph that was taken by an astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS). When this photograph was…
NASA Teams Confirm No Damage to Artemis Flight Hardware, Focus on November for Launch On Friday, September 30, teams conducted initial inspections to assess potential…
A pair of microwave radiometers gathered data on Hurricane Ian as they passed over the Caribbean Sea aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Two recently…
NASA scientists are studying the latest satellite imagery of Hurricane Ian and analyzing the forces that made the storm so catastrophic. As Hurricane Ian headed…