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Energy Storage & Extreme Weather

September 10, 20195 years ago Johnna Crider 0 Comments

Imagine this scenario for a moment: It’s a nice day out. The sun is shining beautifully and you’re at the beach. You can feel the sand between your toes, the gentle breeze carrying the scent of salt to your nose as it passes through your hair. The water is gently flirting with the shore in happy, foaming waves that bring pieces of wood, rocks, and the occasional fish before retrieving back into her embrace. It’s cool, a sensual contrast to the warm sand, as it washes over your feet.

Electric Liferaft Passes Extreme Weather Tests

April 21, 20195 years ago Jesper Berggreen 0 Comments

A novel partnership between Torqeedo, part of the DEUTZ group working with marine electric mobility, and VIKING, a manufacturer and service provider in offshore safety, has popped up. It’s an innovative new evacuation system with an electric inflatable liferaft.

Michael Mann — Extreme Weather Is The Face Of Climate Change

July 31, 20186 years ago Steve Hanley 0 Comments

Wild fires, sweltering heat. Get used to it, says Michael Mann. Both are the face of climate change.

New Data Confirms Increasingly Frequent Extreme Weather Events

March 23, 20186 years ago Joshua S Hill 0 Comments

New data published this week shows that man-made climate change has resulted in increasingly frequent extreme weather events such as excess rainfall leading to flooding, coastal flooding, heatwaves, and increased risks of wildfires.

Businesses Are Failing To Adapt To Climate Change Despite Extreme Weather Events

December 11, 20176 years ago Joshua S Hill 0 Comments

While nearly half of companies expect climate change to impact their value chain in the next five years, only a quarter of companies are actually taking action to adapt or increase their resiliency to the effects of increasing climate change, according to a new survey from DNV GL.

$405 Million To Protect Water Infrastructure Against Extreme Weather Events In Fiji

December 3, 20176 years ago The Beam 0 Comments

Small islands are among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The COP23, held in Bonn, Germany this year but presided by Fiji, puts this issue at the heart of the debate.

Fossil Fuel Industry Has Cost USA $240 Billion A Year Over Last Decade Via Air…

September 30, 20177 years ago James Ayre 0 Comments

The fossil fuel industry has cost the US around $240 billion a year over the last decade through the effects of extreme weather and air pollution, according to a new study from the non-profit Universal Ecological Fund. That’s $240 billion per year.

2/3 Of Europeans Will Be Affected By Extreme Weather Every Year By 2100, Study Projects

August 9, 20177 years ago James Ayre 0 Comments

Roughly two out of every three people living in Europe will be affected yearly by extreme weather by the year 2100, according to a new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health.

These findings are based on a scenario where greenhouse gas emissions aren’t reduced from current levels, and where policies that would help to reduce the impacts of extreme weather aren’t put into action.

Only Advocacy Can Change Attitudes About Climate Change. Extreme Weather Won’t

April 24, 20177 years ago Guest Contributor 0 Comments

Liberals and conservatives see extreme weather very differently.

Carbon Pollution Linked To Extreme Weather In New Study

April 13, 20177 years ago Guest Contributor 0 Comments

Using measurements, the authors documented what conditions led to extreme weather patterns that persisted for extended durations. They found that many occur when the jet stream becomes stationary with the undulations stuck in place. They also saw that under certain situations, the jet stream undulations do not dissipate in time; they become trapped in a wave guide.