The $9.7 Trillion Problem: Cyclones and Climate Change

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Philippines-Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Damage and Rehabilitation. Many houses were wiped out by several container vans that was pushed by the typhoon from a nearby port. Captions And Photo source: ©© Asian Development Bank

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It is the amount of money that tropical cyclones could cost the global economy over the next century, especially if climate projections of fewer but more intense cyclones are accurate. In comparison to those losses, the cost of action to reduce emissions and beef up coastal preparedness is relatively cheap say researchers…

Read Full Article, Climate Central

Original Study: “The Causal Effect Of Environmental Catastrophe On Long-Run Economic Growth: Evidence From 6,700 Cyclones,” National Bureau of Economic Research

Waiting for the Next Superstorm, IPS News (10-30-2013)
The hurricane Sandy was one of several in the past decades that meteorologists had previously considered “once in a century” events…

Link Between Air Pollution and Cyclone Intensity in Arabian Sea, Science Daily (11-10-2011)
Scientists are working to better understand atmospheric pollution and brown clouds formations, in which smog from diesel emissions, soot and other by-products of biomass burning accumulate and become widespread to a degree significant enough to affect regional climate…

What’s Behind Super Typhoon’s Rapid Intensification? Climate Central (07-19-2014)

Hurricane? Cyclone? Typhoon? Here’s The Difference, Seith Borenstein / AP (11-09-2013)

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Ortley Beach and Lavallette, NJ. Aerial pictures of New Jersey’s coast, after superstorm Sandy devastated the area. Photo courtesy of: © Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines (PSDS) / WCU

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