Which hurricane models should you trust in 2024?
Jul 18, 2024 · Here is a list of some of the top hurricane forecast models used by NHC: Euro: The European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) global forecast model. GFS: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Global Forecast System model. UKMET: The United Kingdom Met Office’s global forecast model.
8 artists who are grappling with climate change and imagining a …
In 2016, Black and Ginsburg visited a California forest decimated by sudden oak death. The disease is caused by a water mold — a fungus-like, parasitic organism — that infects oaks and other trees.
Four ways climate change likely made Hurricane Helene worse
Sep 27, 2024 · Four ways climate change likely made Hurricane Helene worse. Climate change makes the strongest hurricanes stronger, increases rainfall, increases storm surge damage through sea level rise, and increases the probability of rapid intensification events. Hurricane Helene at sunset on Sep. 26, 2024, as the storm was closing in on the Florida coast ...
Energy loss is single-biggest component of today’s electricity system
Oct 24, 2022 · The Energy Information Administration lists the heat rate for different types of power plants, and the average operating efficiencies of thermal power plants in the U.S. in 2020 were: Natural gas: 44% efficient, meaning 56% of the energy in the gas was lost, with 44% of the energy turned into electricity. Coal: 32% efficient.
Don’t get fooled: Electric vehicles really are better for the climate
Nov 6, 2022 · Verdict: electric cars are already better for the climate than gas-fueled vehicles — but there’s room for improvement. The transportation sector accounts for about 27% of total U.S. climate-warming pollution, making it the largest contributor to the nation’s emissions. Cleaning up passenger cars is therefore vital to addressing climate ...
Climate change and droughts: What’s the connection?
May 11, 2023 · Climate change, namely rising average temperatures driven by human-generated emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, is contributing to droughts, too. Drought conditions across the contiguous United States as of August 10, 2021. Around 40% of the U.S. is experiencing drought. (Source: U.S. Drought Monitor/Drought.gov)
Electric vehicles use half the energy of gas-powered vehicles
Jan 29, 2024 · Electric vehicles use half the energy of gas-powered vehicles. They’re just much more efficient. As U.S. EV sales rise, more cars than ever are using the electrical grid to power up. It would be reasonable to assume that means the grid must now supply a vast amount of energy to those cars — but it actually won’t take as much as you might ...
Do heat pumps work in cold places? Here’s what you need to know.
Mar 1, 2023 · Here are five things to know about using a heat pump to cool and heat your home if you live in a cold climate. 1. Heat pumps work in cold climates. Homeowners as far north as Alaska are using heat pumps to keep their homes comfortable in the winter. In Juneau, an organization called Alaska Heat Smart is helping homeowners make the switch.
Does recycling actually help the climate?
Feb 13, 2024 · Myth: “Reduce,” “reuse,” and “recycle” are equally beneficial. Plastics can only be recycled a finite number of times at best, sometimes only once, due to structural and composition breakdowns during the recycling process. This process involves melting, during which the material loses its integrity and gathers contaminants.
UN report: The world’s farms stretched to ‘a breaking point’
by Dana Nuccitelli January 19, 2022. Almost 10% of the 8 billion people on earth are already undernourished with 3 billion lacking healthy diets, and the land and water resources farmers rely on stressed to “a breaking point.”. And by 2050 there will be 2 billion more mouths to feed, warns a new report from the United Nations Food and ...