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How a major DOE report hides the whole truth on climate change politico.com Sep 27, 2025 5 facts
measurementComprehensive satellite tracking of storms crossing oceans began around 1980, which is the timeframe climate scientists use for the best available hurricane data.
claimClimate scientists have found that climate change is causing hurricanes to intensify and drop more rain, rather than predicting an increase in the total number of hurricanes as suggested by the Department of Energy (DOE) report.
quoteKerry Emanuel, a hurricane expert and professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, stated that the lack of discussion in the Department of Energy (DOE) report regarding water as the biggest danger from hurricanes is “a dead giveaway” that the authors downplayed climate risks.
claimJim Kossin, a hurricane researcher and retired NOAA atmospheric scientist who served as a lead author for the IPCC, stated that the percentage of intense hurricanes has likely grown compared to the overall share of storms.
claimThe Environmental Protection Agency cited the Department of Energy report to support the assertion that hurricanes, floods, and wildfires have not worsened.
ESS Subtopic 6.2: Climate change – Causes and Impacts mrgscience.com 3 facts
claimIncreased carbon dioxide emissions are causing global climate change impacts, including altered weather patterns, sea-level rise, and an increased frequency of extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts, and hurricanes.
claimTropical cyclones, including hurricanes and typhoons, are becoming more intense due to warmer sea surface temperatures.
claimClimate change is increasing the intensity of hurricanes, floods, and storm surges, which poses severe risks to infrastructure.
Comprehensive Overview on the Present State and Evolution of ... link.springer.com Aug 9, 2024 2 facts
claimOcean water temperature plays a crucial role in supporting marine life, influences the formation and progression of hurricanes in warmer waters, and drives temperature patterns like El Niño that alter global weather.
claimGlobal warming enhances the atmosphere's moisture retention and raises seawater surface temperatures, which intensifies storms and increases the probability of hurricanes through higher wind speeds.
Misleading U.S. Department of Energy climate report chooses bias ... science.feedback.org Aug 5, 2025 2 facts
quoteThe U.S. Department of Energy report states: “Extreme convective storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and droughts exhibit considerable natural variability, but long-term increases are not detected.”
claimGlobal climate data shows an increasing bound in virtually all tropical cyclone genesis regions, and published research has detected an upward trend in the proportion of very strong hurricanes.
Environmental factors and mental health | Research Starters - EBSCO ebsco.com 2 facts
claimIndividuals exposed to traumatic environmental events, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, dust storms, volcanic eruptions, floods, tsunamis, firestorms, landslides, and avalanches, experience increased exposure to a wide range of fear-inducing cues.
claimEnvironmental disasters, including hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, dust storms, volcanic eruptions, floods, tsunamis, firestorms, landslides, and avalanches, act as severe stressors that can cause acute and post-traumatic stress disorders in survivors.
Climate Shocks Are Redefining Energy Security energypolicy.columbia.edu Jul 15, 2025 2 facts
claimKate Guy observes that extreme weather events, such as heat waves, hurricanes, and wildfires, are occurring throughout the year and are increasing in frequency and intensity.
claimKate Guy observes that extreme weather events, including heat waves, hurricanes, and wildfires, are occurring with increasing frequency and severity throughout the year, rather than being limited to specific seasons.
The Energy Department "Red Team" Critique of Greenhouse-Gas ... revkin.substack.com Jul 31, 2025 1 fact
claimThe Energy Department report claims that U.S. historical data does not support assertions of increased frequency or intensity of hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and droughts.
How the intersection of modern diets, climate, and food systems is ... medicalxpress.com Nov 17, 2025 1 fact
claimClimate events such as floods, droughts, and hurricanes negatively impact the production and availability of nutritious food by influencing soil fertility, erosion, and contamination, as well as reducing plant growth and resilience.
Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Aug 19, 2003 1 fact
claimTerms in special sciences (sciences other than physics) are generally not reducible to physical predicates because phenomena like hurricanes, infectious diseases, currency devaluations, or coups d'etat lack a consistent constitutive structure.
Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers distinguishes consciousness from physical objects like clocks or hurricanes, arguing that while a structural or functional description is a complete description for physical objects, knowing everything about the physical brain is not equivalent to knowing everything about consciousness.
Stress, Lifestyle, and Health – Introduction to Psychology open.maricopa.edu 1 fact
claimTraumatic events are stressors involving exposure to actual or threatened death or serious injury, including military combat, physical assaults (such as physical attacks, sexual assault, robbery, or childhood abuse), terrorist attacks, natural disasters (such as earthquakes, floods, or hurricanes), and automobile accidents.