http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Thu, 23 May 2013 21:18:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/12/hurricane-sandys-storm-surge-affected-more-than-1-4-million-coastal-residents-in-11-states/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/12/hurricane-sandys-storm-surge-affected-more-than-1-4-million-coastal-residents-in-11-states/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:08:20 +0000 Center for International Earth Science Information Network http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32235 Based on a model used by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the map shows coastal areas likely to have been inundated by the storm surge resulting from Hurricane Sandy, in relationship to residential population.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/12/hurricane-sandys-storm-surge-affected-more-than-1-4-million-coastal-residents-in-11-states/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/12/getting-better-prepared-for-the-next-big-storm/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/12/getting-better-prepared-for-the-next-big-storm/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:56:45 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32208 Super Storm Sandy was an unusually powerful and destructive storm because of a rare constellation of factors, but scientists predict that we can expect more extreme weather events due to the effects of climate change. Has the super storm made us take warnings about extreme weather more seriously? ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/12/getting-better-prepared-for-the-next-big-storm/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/14/connecting-the-dots-extreme-weather-and-climate-change/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/14/connecting-the-dots-extreme-weather-and-climate-change/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 13:58:25 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=26550 Professor Ben Orlove, anthropologist and co-director of the Earth Institute’s Center for Research on Environmental Decisions discusses the connection between extreme weather and global warming, and public perception of climate change.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/14/connecting-the-dots-extreme-weather-and-climate-change/feed/ 0