Angry Weather: Heat Waves, Floods, Storms, and the New Science of Climate Change (World Weather Attribution)

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Access to "Angry's Blog", which discusses trends, patterns, short term, and long term forecasts. You get the who, what, when, and why when it comes to the listening area. Whether it be winter storm season, severe weather, heat waves, arctic blasts, or tropical discussions, everything is covered in full when a threat arrises. We also delve into specific areas when flooding due to rain or tide cycles is possible, giving you an understanding of which areas to avoid and who needs to take action to protect property. It's because as the tension of the week subsides, your levels of stress hormones drop, which causes a rapid release of neurotransmitters (the brain's chemical messengers). These send out impulses to blood vessels to constrict and then dilate, which causes a headache. The Angry Weatherman is a convenient application to obtain accurate local weather. It is essentially 2 applications in 1, with a NYC-centric, handmade forecast, and briefing by Ben Scott of Meteorologist Joe CIoffi's NYCWeatherNOW.com, and Angry Ben's Angry Weather on Facebook. In addition to the NYC area forecast, there is also access to national radar, satellite, and most weather stations/forecasts throughout the United States. The Angry Weatherman is the only weather app you need when planning your week in the New York City area, taking into consideration the nuances of New York City's micro-climate, something the majority of other apps do not do. With access to other weather stations across the Nation, it can also double as your go to source when traveling to another location, or if you live in other parts of the Country aside from New York City. Dr Friederike Otto, associate director at the Environmental Change Institute at University of Oxford, told Sky News that science, politics and the media tend to measure climate change in degrees of temperature increases. This fascinating book takes us on a voyage across the cutting edge of climate science that irrevocably alters our perspective of the world in which we live and the future it holds. I wish I could make this book required reading for the world."

Climate activists see an opening for the movement, too. If, finally, there is evidence that certain meteorological disasters are the consequence of greenhouse gas emissions, which are caused largely by the burning of fossil fuels, then cities, states, and citizens’ groups can take the coal and oil companies to court and press for damages. “Attribution science is a fundamental source of evidence for informing and substantiating causal claims about climate change impacts,” a Harvard University Law School study states.

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Her main research interest is on extreme weather events such as droughts, heat waves and storms, and understanding whether and to what extent these are made more likely or intense due to climate change - known by experts as 'climate change attribution'. I’m interested to see how this is applied in holding fossil fuel companies to account in future, and securing compensation for natural disasters. “Attribution science is only just getting started” she writes, and Otto’s book takes us behind the scenes of an emerging science that is going to make waves in the years to come.

A lot of writers struggle with describing settings. I’ve written before about how to describe settings and why it matters, but a few people have told me they’d like me to do some of my master lists for writers to help them out!At the forefront of cutting-edge climate science, Friederike Otto uncovers how the new ability to determine climate change’s role in extreme weather events can dramatically transform how we view the climate crisis: from how it will affect those of us who are most vulnerable, to the corporations and governments that may find themselves held accountable in the courts. The research laid out in Angry Weather will have profound impacts, both today and for the future of humankind.

Scientific criticisms largely center around whether the models are detailed enough to capture localized weather. The more precise the model, the more computer power (and money) is needed to calculate simulations. Otto and her colleagues argue that imperfect models can still yield useful conclusions and in cases where the analysis is impossible, they don't proceed. In some cases, they rule out climate change playing a role in an event.

In the "local" tab, you can choose for your phone to have access to your location. This will put you to the nearest weather observation station anywhere in the United States; giving you the current temperature, wind, dew point, humidity, and current conditions. You also have access to a more generalized and automated 5 day forecast, making things convenient when traveling, relocating, or if you live outside of the NYC Metro Area. The more precise question to ask is this: Did climate change alter the severity, frequency or duration of this event? Increasingly, the answer is a resounding yes. And thanks to cutting-edge science, we’re starting to be able to put some numbers on it, too. This type of research is called attribution. This is why new rapid attribution analyses are so important. Take the heat wave this summer in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, which resulted in estimated hundreds of heat-related deaths, ruined crops and wildfire outbreaks. The town of Lytton, British Columbia, broke the temperature record for Canada three days in a row. On the fourth day, Lytton was all but destroyed by wildfire. These events were so extreme that they were very difficult to imagine, even for climate scientists like us, just two months ago. Angry Weather is all about science, but it is not all technical. It is a readable book for those who have limited knowledge of weather and climate systems. Otto provides succinct scientific explanations throughout the book to ensure her main points are supported by science but still understandable and relevant to the main message." It's not just stress and nasty colds that cause headaches. Cleaning your home or sleeping in late can cause them too. We reveal 10 headache triggers and how to fix them. 1. Relaxing after stress

Some thoughts as a non-scientist. It would be interesting to see how ice cores could be used to get a better attribution estimate. Their methods rely on heavy amounts of computing, which relies a lot on energy and rare earth metals (pulling in info from the recent book I read). It would be interesting to see the costs of their studies on climate changes. Didn't know that more CO2 allows for more H2O to be stored in the air, which is a pretty straightforward explanation of why emissions can lead to heavier rains.But a growing field of "attribution science" allows scientists to compare what did happen with what would have happened in parallel scenario without human caused climate change. What I found most fascinating is how attribution studies can be used practically. They allow governments and local authorities to plan ahead and understand environmental change. We can use them to manage risk. They’re also a tool for climate justice. Where a climate connection can be made, responsibility can be taken. That includes court cases against major polluters, and the book includes examples. Attribution studies “put climate science on the offensive, rather than the defensive. We can state whether and to what extent climate change is manifesting in our weather. We can stand up to the energy companies and mercenaries of doubt.” Image: This aerial photo shows the Breezy Point neighbourhood, in New York, where more than 50 homes were destroyed There was some interesting talk about their modification of the peer review system. They have their models peer reviewed for each method and event type. But they then work in real-time to attribute the increased risk to climate change, not peer reviewing those works until later. This is a media strategy and practical one at that. Immediacy bias is important to peoples' attention (see my connecting some thoughts from my previous non-fiction read to this book).