Should some hurricanes be designated a Category 6?
The controversial reasoning focuses heavily on the impacts of climate change, and some weather scientists think an additional category misses the point (Post and Courier).
Tag: "Department of Atmospheric Science"
Wildland fire expert to speak at FORTCAST What’s Brewing event
Rescheduled: CSU Wildland Fire Science Associate Professor Chad Hoffman will discuss his research at the next What’s Brewing in Weather & Climate talk Tuesday, November 5.
What ballooning carbon emissions will do to trees
Our terrestrial plants do us “a fantastic favor” sponging up all that CO2, says Scott Denning, an atmospheric scientist at Colorado State University. That’s especially true in the tropics (The Atlantic).
Colorado officially sets hottest temperature of all time
Colorado's state climatologist, Russ Schumacher, convened the State Climate Extremes Committee and had a teleconference to discuss the new possible record (9News).
Homemade gadget reveals secrets of Arctic warming
CSU researcher Jessie Creamean explains that serious research doesn't have to be complicated. Sometimes, cutting-edge science gets by on an outdated cellphone, a few bits of mosquito netting and a jury-rigged car battery (EE News).
Colorado Climate Center makes state weather records official, including largest hailstone
Climatologists have just certified the largest hailstone, highest temperature, and lowest atmospheric pressure ever recorded in the state's record-keeping history.
It’s official, Colorado’s ‘wild weather year’ sets new high temp and hailstone records
In the last six months, new all-time records for Colorado of hot temperature, largest hailstone, and the lowest atmospheric pressure have been recorded (Colorado Public Radio).
Wet start to water year gives way to dry reality
The Colorado Climate Center at CSU recommended expanding the U.S. Drought Monitor drought designation to include generally all of the southern half of western Colorado (Daily Sentinel).
Exposure to air pollution increases violent crime rates, study finds
A CSU team found strong links between short-term exposure to air pollution and aggressive behavior, in the form of aggravated assaults and other violent crimes.
Forecasters revise hurricane predictions
CSU's Jhordanne Jones speaks with the Cayman Compass about this year's hurricane activity in the Caribbean and current weather models (Cayman Compass).