Scientists take to Twitter to address Hurricane Sandy

by Cassady Craighill

October 30, 2012

Check out the Twitter conservation from scientists in response to Hurricane Sandy. Thanks to Inside Climate News for aggregating this 21st century conversation.

Here’s what we found most interesting:

Katharine Hayhoe, a professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas Tech University:

KHayhoe

We can’t attribute any individual event to long-term climate change. However there are at least 3 ways climate change has made#Sandyworse: (1. Sea level is 7″ higher now compared to 100y ago. 2. About 15% of the unusually warm sea surface tempaturess fueling Sandy are result of climate change. 3. Did 2012 record Arctic sea ice loss contribute to huge high over Greenland, steeringsandyinto the coast instead of out to sea? TBD!)

 

Jonathan Overpeck, a professor of geosciences and atmospheric sciences at the University of Arizona and a climate scientist for 30 years.

TucsonPeck#sandy– sorry for all RTs but it is misleading to talk about why this storm is so bad and not mention the contributions of Anthro GW!

 

Froma senior meteorologist at AccuWeather (and climate skeptic)

BigJoeBastardi

The reasoning behind all this is truly one of the more baffling things I have seen in weather, or anything for that matter

 

From Michael Mann, a Penn State University climate scientist

MichaelEMann

peer-reviewed science contradicts claim tropical Atlantic warming explained by natural variabilitybit.ly/TQ94Rubit.ly/WVT5rB

 

Cassady Craighill

By Cassady Craighill

Cassady is a media officer for Greenpeace USA based on the East Coast. She covers climate change and energy, particularly how both issues relate to the Trump administration.

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