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Hurricane Milton: what does it actually take to evacuate during a weather crisis?
While Florida residents are being told to flee before the hurricane makes landfall, it may not be possible for all
On 7 October, as Hurricane Milton was just days away from making landfall in Tampa, Florida, the city’s mayor Jane Castor issued a dire warning to residents in evacuation zones: “If you choose to stay … you are going to die.”
But leaving one’s home to avoid the category 5 hurricane is not possible for everyone.
Continue reading...Hurricanes like Helene twice as likely to happen due to global heating, data finds
Analysis shows Gulf’s heat that worsened Helene 200-500 times more likely because of human-caused global heating
As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida, fueled by a record-hot Gulf of Mexico, a new analysis has shown how the Gulf’s heat that worsened last month’s Hurricane Helene was 200 to 500 times more likely because of human-caused global heating.
Helene, one of the deadliest storms in US history, gathered pace over the Gulf before crashing ashore with 140mph winds.
Continue reading...China to head green energy boom with 60% of new projects in next six years
IEA says faster clean energy rollout being led by solar power in China with country set to boast half of world’s renewables by 2030
China is expected to account for almost 60% of all renewable energy capacity installed worldwide between now and 2030, according to the International Energy Agency.
The IEA’s highly influential renewable energy report found that over the next six years renewable energy projects will roll out at three times the pace of the previous six years, led by the clean energy programmes of China and India.
Continue reading...‘A huge loss’: is it the end for the ship that helped us understand life on Earth?
The Joides Resolution has contributed to our understanding of climate crisis, the origin of life, earthquakes and eruptions. But funding cuts mean it may have sailed its last expedition
In the early summer of this year, a ship set sail around the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. But this wasn’t any ordinary ship. For almost 40 years the Joides Resolution drilled into the ocean floor to collect samples and data that helped scientists to study Earth’s history and structure. Expeditions on the vessel have made a vital contribution to our understanding of the climate crisis, the tectonic plates theory, the origin of life on Earth and natural hazards such as earthquakes and eruptions. Yet the two-month voyage around Svalbard was to be its last.
The National Science Foundation (NSF), the US agency that provided scientists at Texas A&M University with funds for the ship, announced last year it would not give money for the drilling vessel past September 2024. It was a declaration that shocked the global scientific community and meant that Svalbard would be the ship’s final outing.
The vibration isolated television is attached to the drillpipe and is used to image the seafloor before drilling begins. Photograph: Lisa Crowder/IODP JRSO
Continue reading...Florida TV Meteorologist Chokes Up on Air While Covering Hurricane Milton
El agua caliente del golfo de México impulsa al huracán Milton
Climate Change Increased Rain and Wind Speeds of Helene
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John Morales, el meteorólogo que admitió al aire temor por el huracán Milton
Energy industry trade body chief to head UK’s climate watchdog
Emma Pinchbeck will take over as chief executive of Climate Change Committee next month
The government’s official climate watchdog has appointed the head of the energy industry’s trade association to lead its work helping to drive the UK’s emissions to net zero by 2050.
Emma Pinchbeck, the head of Energy UK, will take up the role of chief executive of the Climate Change Committee (CCC) from early next month after four years at the helm of the trade association.
Continue reading...US south-east reels from ‘unspeakable tragedy’ of Helene as new storm looms
An entire family was killed less than a month before wedding day as Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida
As the country turns its attention to Hurricane Milton, which is expected to bring life-threatening conditions to parts of Florida after it makes landfall later this week, communities in much of the south-east US are still reeling from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene almost two weeks ago.
In western North Carolina, home to many mountain communities such as Green Mountain, entire towns were destroyed and washed away during the storm. Residents became isolated as roads became impassable. Electricity and cellphone service went out.
Continue reading...Does My Home Have Lead Pipes? And What Can I Do About Them?
Our Planet’s Twin Crises
Double punch of hurricanes could become common due to climate crisis
As Floridians prepare to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton, debris from Helene still litter swaths of the state
Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene lashed the Florida coastline, an even more powerful hurricane is hurtling toward the state.
It’s the kind of double hit becoming more common as the climate crisis persists, further complicating hurricane preparation, experts say.
Continue reading...Gulf of Mexico Ocean Temperatures Are Record Hot, Fueling Milton
Oregon county sues major gas provider for allegedly sowing climate doubt
Complaint against NW Natural, the state’s biggest provider, marks first time a utility faces climate deception charges
Oregon’s most populous county has sued the state’s biggest gas provider for allegedly sowing climate doubt, marking the first time a utility has faced charges of climate deception.
Last year, Multnomah county sued 17 fossil fuel companies and interest groups for allegedly deceiving the public about the climate crisis. The lawsuit came two years after a record-shattering heat dome killed 69 people across the county.
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