Hurricanes, Climate, and Katrina:
Research, Reviews, and Articles from Science Online
Science and its publisher, AAAS, share with our fellow citizens the deep sense of loss occasioned by the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina and also extend our sympathy to those affected by Hurricane Rita. As an aid to policy makers, scientists, and the public in understanding the large-scale forces and smaller-scale scientific, social, political background to the disaster, we are making available, free to all visitors via this page, this selection of past Science articles related to hurricanes, coastal disasters, and disaster policy.
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The Gulf Coast Hurricanes and Their Aftermath
Climate Change, Hurricanes, and Extreme Weather
Report: Changes in Tropical Cyclone Number, Duration, and Intensity in a Warming Environment
P. J.Webster, G. J. Holland, J. A. Curry, and H.-R. Chang
Science, 16 September 2005; 309: 1844-1846
Related News Focus: Is Katrina a Harbinger of Still More Powerful Hurricanes?
Richard A. Kerr
Science, 16 September 2005; 309: 1807
Perspective: Uncertainty in Hurricanes and Global Warming
Kevin Trenberth
Science, 17 June 2005; 308: 1753-1754
Report: How Much More Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?
Gerald A. Meehl, Warren M. Washington, William D. Collins, Julie M. Arblaster, Aixue Hu, Lawrence E. Buja, Warren G. Strand, and Haiyan Teng
Science, 18 March 2005; 307: 1769-1772
Report: More Intense, More Frequent, and Longer Lasting Heat Waves in the 21st Century
Gerald A. Meehl and Claudia Tebaldi
Science, 13 August 2004; 305: 994-997
Report: The Recent Increase in Atlantic Hurricane Activity: Causes and Implications
Stanley B. Goldenberg, Christopher W. Landsea, Alberto M. Mestas-Nuñez, and William M. Gray
Science, 20 July 2001; 293: 474-479
Related Perspective: Hurricane Threats
Lennart Bengtsson
Science, 20 July 2001; 293: 440-441
News Focus: Rising Global Temperature, Rising Uncertainty
Richard A. Kerr
Science, 13 April 2001; 292: 192-194
Review: Climate Extremes: Observations, Modeling, and Impacts
David R. Easterling, Gerald A. Meehl, Camille Parmesan, Stanley A. Changnon, Thomas R. Karl, and Linda O. Mearns
Science, 22 September 2000; 289: 2068-2074
Report: Simulated Increase of Hurricane Intensities in a CO2-Warmed Climate
Thomas R. Knutson, Robert E. Tuleya, and Yoshio Kurihara
Science, 13 February 1998; 279: 1018-1021
Brevia: Extreme Waves Under Hurricane Ivan
David W. Wang, Douglas A. Mitchell, William J. Teague, Ewa Jarosz, and Mark S. Hulbert
Science, 5 August 2005; 309: 896
Coastal Disaster Planning
Special Issue: Dealing with Disasters
A special section in this issue provided a variety of Viewpoint articles on disaster planning, including:
Viewpoint: Toward Inherently Secure and Resilient Societies
Brad Allenby and Jonathan Fink
Science, 12 August 2005; 309: 1034-1036
Viewpoint: Social-Ecological Resilience to Coastal Disasters
W. Neil Adger, Terry P. Hughes, Carl Folke, Stephen R. Carpenter, Johan Rockström
Science, 12 August 2005; 309: 1036-1039
Viewpoint: Insurance in a Climate of Change
Evan Mills
Science, 12 August 2005; 309: 1040-1044
Viewpoint: Refocusing Disaster Aid
Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, Reinhard Mechler, and Georg Pflug
Science, 12 August 2005; 309: 1044-1046
Policy Forum: U.S. Policies Pertaining to Weather and Climate Extremes
Stanley A. Changnon and David R. Easterling
Science, 22 September 2000; 289: 2053-2055
Review: Mitigation Emerges as Major Strategy for Reducing Losses Caused by Natural Disasters
Board on Natural Disasters
Science, 18 June 1999; 284: 1943-1947
News: Forecasters Learning to Read a Hurricane's Mind
Richard A. Kerr
Science, 23 April 1999; 284: 563-565
Louisiana's Wetlands and Other Floodplain Issues
[Note: Janet Kegg provided research for assembling this collection.]
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