Right around the start of the Atlantic hurricane season each year we hear about ENSO – short for the El Niño Southern Oscillation – a term used to describe fluctuations in the temperature of the tropical Pacific. We hear about ENSO because it has a robust influence on...
One of the value propositions of a catastrophe (CAT) model is its ability to provide a robust view of risk for events that have not yet occurred but are entirely plausible scenarios. For example, users of a robust CAT model could pose the question, “… what is the...
Artificial intelligence (“AI”) has become the latest buzzword for stamping ‘technological advancement’ on just about anything. But as we all know, the devil is in the details and when it comes to AI, the details really matter. In its most basic form, AI enables...
Every summer in North America, property owners exposed to Atlantic hurricane risk brace for the coming season and what it may or may not have in store.
ENSO is a feature of ‘internal climate variability’, meaning it occurs naturally in the global environment.
Dr. Pete Dailey discusses rapid intensification in tropical cyclones and its role in increasing their propensity to cause damage at landfall.
An exploration of the relationship between extra-tropical cyclone (winter storm) risk and our changing climate.
An in-depth look into one of the key climate factors that plays directly into the likelihood of an active or inactive hurricane season.
Perspectives on the science of “atmospheric river” episodes and their relationship to an active winter storm season.
We provide our perspective on a new study on Nature Climate Change by Avantika G., Ning L., Dazhi X., and K. Emanuel in February 2022 titled: “Tropical cyclone climatology change greatly exacerbates US extreme rainfall–surge hazard” (ANDE-22).