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Category Archives: climate
Re-Awakening the American Meteorological Society’s NYC Meetings
A few of us are re-awakening the long-dormant public NYC seminar series of the NYC / Long Island chapter of the American Meteorological Society, with 1-2 evening events held per semester at Columbia University. The first event will feature Kerry Emanuel, professor … Continue reading
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Tagged American Meteorological Society, AMS, chapter, Columbia, cyclone, hurricane, Kerry Emanuel, meeting, New York City, seminar, storm surge, tropical
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Trees Tell the Story of 500 Years of NYC Drought History
by Neil Pederson I didn’t see this coming. Yes, winter 2011-2012 has been quite unusual and it is becoming more obvious that almost anything can happen with our weather these days (see October snowstorm followed by days in winter 2012 … Continue reading
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Tagged drought, dry, Ed Cook, history, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, index, measurement, Neil Pederson, New York City, rain, Richard Seager, tree, tree ring, water, wet
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“Winter” 2011-2012: Hitting 50+ degrees Every Week
It keeps striking me how we seem to hit 50+ degree temperatures every week this winter, so I checked it out. Here’s a plot showing hourly temperature data at Central Park and La Guardia. Not only have we hit 50+ … Continue reading
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Tagged 32 degrees, 50 degrees, Central Park, cold, freezing, ice, jet stream, La Guardia, New York City, warm, winter
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Is there a Future to Skiing in the Adirondacks?
I often find myself correcting environmentalists about their mis-representations of certain aspects of the scientific consensus on climate change. For example, after Hurricane Katrina trashed New Orleans, I think that hurricanes seemed to be a politically useful topic for getting … Continue reading
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Tagged Adirondack, Big Tupper, climate change, Dewey Mountain, global warming, Lake Placid, McCauley Mountain, Mt. Pisgah, New York, ski, snow, snowpack, Wanakena
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Our Cozy Little Heat Island
As our year’s coldest weather may be on its way this weekend, it might warm you to compare this spell to one lesser-known historical cold temperature record. New York City metro area winters are a quite a bit warmer than … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, cold, freeze, global warming, heat island, long island, new jersey, New York City, night, record, urban, winter
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King Tides, a Window to Future Sea Level Rise
In late October, there was a little photo op, an NYC runway show for climate change, so to speak. People were asked to go out and take a picture of the unusually high “king tide” which was about one foot … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, FDR Drive, glacier, Keyport, king tide, meltwater, Rockaway, sea level rise, spring tide, Upper East Side
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King Tides and Sea Level Rise (and beachcombing!)
Some of the highest tides of the year are coming in the next two days, and an event is being organized to raise awareness of sea level rise. Kate Boicourt at the New York / New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, beachcombing, blowout, datum, king, New York City, perigee, sea level rise, spring tide, tide
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Rising Waters and Coastal Floods: Living with Sea Level Rise in NYC, Part 2/2
[This is the second of a pair of guest blog posts from Dr. Vivien Gornitz, a geologist and special research scientist with the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University Center for Climate Systems Research. The first post … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, Bloomberg, carbon dioxide, climate change, Coney, erosion, flooding, global warming, ice, Jamaica Bay, long island, meltwater, New York City, population, Rockaway, sea level rise, urban, Vivien Gornitz, waterfront plan
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