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Released: 7-Oct-2022 8:55 AM EDT
Climate change does not cause hurricanes, but it is very likely climate change caused Hurricane Ian to be more destructive
Newswise

While towns across Florida and the Carolinas are cleaning up in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian and the death toll climbs, several high profile climate change skeptics are questioning the connection between the hurricane and human-caused climate change.

Released: 6-Oct-2022 2:05 PM EDT
More accurate assessments of hurricane damage for responders
Ohio State University

Emergency crews responding to hurricane-damaged areas may soon get an assist from a machine learning model that can better predict the extent of building damage soon after the storm passes.

Newswise: Hurricane Ian recovery response bolstered by UAH satellite remote sensing data
Released: 5-Oct-2022 2:30 PM EDT
Hurricane Ian recovery response bolstered by UAH satellite remote sensing data
University of Alabama Huntsville

The recovery response to Hurricane Ian in Florida has been informed by the efforts of two University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Earth System Science Center (ESSC) research associates who have been analyzing pre-event and post-event satellite remote sensing data.

Released: 5-Oct-2022 2:20 PM EDT
FSU faculty available to comment on aftermath of Hurricane Ian
Florida State University

By: Bill Wellock | Published: October 5, 2022 | 1:50 pm | SHARE: Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction in its wake, and communities in Florida and elsewhere are working to rebuild in the aftermath.Florida State University faculty are available to speak to media covering post-storm recovery efforts.COMMUNITY RESILIENCE Brad Schmidt, professor, Department of Psychology schmidt@psy.

     
Newswise: FSU expert: Third consecutive La Niña could bring more hurricanes
Released: 20-Sep-2022 9:50 AM EDT
FSU expert: Third consecutive La Niña could bring more hurricanes
Florida State University

By: Bill Wellock | Published: September 20, 2022 | 8:42 am | SHARE: Meteorologists predict current La Niña conditions will persist this year through a third consecutive winter, a situation that usually brings a more active late hurricane season, followed by a dry and warm fall and winter across Florida.La Niña is the popular name for a phase of what meteorologists call the “El Niño-Southern Oscillation,” or ENSO, a recurring pattern of relatively warmer and cooler surface-water temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Released: 13-Sep-2022 9:45 AM EDT
Investigación de ORNL maximiza la operación resiliente de microrredes en Puerto Rico
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Los científicos del Laboratorio Nacional Oak Ridge, en colaboración con múltiples universidades, ONGs y organizaciones locales, están investigando como las microrredes pueden proporcionar electricidad más asequible, confiable y sostenible a comunidades históricamente desatendidas en Puerto Rico. En este proyecto, ORNL está desarrollando un control que permite operar un grupo de microrredes en un clúster, lo cual mejora la resiliencia en su operación inclusive cuando parte de la microrred está afectada por un desastre natural.

Newswise: Nearly half of global septic systems work inadequately; UF scientist urges safety in wake of climate change
Released: 12-Sep-2022 5:05 PM EDT
Nearly half of global septic systems work inadequately; UF scientist urges safety in wake of climate change
University of Florida

Mary Lusk, a UF/IFAS assistant professor of soil, water, and ecosystem sciences, wrote a new article for the journal Lancet Planetary Health in which she connects climate change with septic systems.

Newswise: Hurricane Harvey’s hardest hit survivors five times as likely to experience anxiety from COVID-19 pandemic
Released: 12-Sep-2022 9:35 AM EDT
Hurricane Harvey’s hardest hit survivors five times as likely to experience anxiety from COVID-19 pandemic
University of Notre Dame

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame with collaborators at Rice University and the Environmental Defense Fund, deployed new surveys to assess the economic and health impacts of the pandemic nationally, but with a special focus on those hit by back-to-back climate disasters.

   
Newswise: UAH professor's $505,000 NSF CAREER grant aims to improve community severe weather resilience
Released: 7-Sep-2022 10:05 AM EDT
UAH professor's $505,000 NSF CAREER grant aims to improve community severe weather resilience
University of Alabama Huntsville

Improving overall hurricane and severe weather resilience of coastal communities is the goal of a five-year, $505,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant awarded to a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).



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