for those interested. I am quite sure many have seen some of these articles. NOAA's Historical Hurricane Tracks "As coastal populations continue to grow, so too has the number of storms with multi-billion dollars in damages to coastal infrastructure and property. Nine of the top ten costliest hurricanes in U.S. history have occurred in the past nine years." For the rest of the article. http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/weeklynews/aug13/historical-hurricanes.html A more acidic Arctic? NOAA deploys first buoy in region to monitor levels of CO2 absorbed by ocean. http://research.noaa.gov/News/NewsArchive/LatestNews/TabId/684/ArtMID/1768/ArticleID/10256/A-more-acidic-Arctic-NOAA-deploys-first-buoy-in-region-to-monitor-levels-of-CO2-absorbed-by-ocean.aspx The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 "Today, the National Hurricane Center detects, predicts, and issues warnings for dangerous storms and hurricanes. Geostationary satellites provide continuous surveillance that helps determine the location, size, and intensity of developing storms. Powerful computers and sophisticated programs help provide longer, more accurate track forecasts. NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts National Weather Service official warnings, watches, forecasts and other hazard information 24 hours a day, seven days a week. " For the rest of the article. http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/features/sep13/galveston.html Global warming, or just the weather? "NOAA's Thomas Peterson answers questions about the climate detective work behind a newly published collection of studies into several extreme events from 2012. Climate scientists describe this kind of analysis as event attribution: figuring out how much, if any, of a given event should be attributed to human-caused climate change and how much should be attributed to natural weather or climate variability." For the rest of the article. http://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/global-warming-or-just-weather |