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...
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 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).
Overview of the key drivers of damage and insured loss in winter season extratropical cyclones (“winter storms”).
We provide our perspective on a study in PNAS (“Proceedings of the National Academy of Science”) by F.S. Pausata and S.J. Camargo, published in April 2019 titled : “Tropical cyclone activity affected by volcanically induced ITCZ shifts” (PC-19).