cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14071828

Tropical storms in the Gulf of Mexico are 50 percent more likely to undergo rapid intensification during marine heat waves, or periods of hot sea surface temperatures.

Because marine heat waves are increasing under climate change, frequent rapid intensification events can also be expected, according to a study by Dr. Radfar in the journal Communications Earth and Environment.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14061673

This should have been done long ago.

The NYT has changed the headline and subhead on this one

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/17283814

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FEMA is stretched not just by the brutal aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which killed more than 200 people and destroyed sections of western North Carolina. Its staff is also responding to flooding and landslides in Vermont, tornadoes in Kansas, the aftermath of Tropical Storm Debby in New York and Georgia and the Watch Fire in Arizona.

Brutal book review.

“Revenge of the Tipping Point,” is a genre bender: self-help without the practical advice, storytelling without the literariness, nonfiction without the vital truths, entertainment without the pleasure, a thriller without actual revelation and a business book without the actionable insights.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14036535

In one universe, Kamala Harris leads only narrowly in the national popular vote against Donald J. Trump, even as she holds a discernible edge in the Northern battlegrounds. The numbers look surprisingly similar to the 2022 midterm election.

In the other, Ms. Harris has a clear lead in the national vote, but the battlegrounds are very tight. It’s essentially a repeat of the 2020 election.

This divide is almost entirely explained by whether a pollster uses “weighting on recalled vote,” which means trying to account for how voters say they voted in the last election.