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1) Storm surge: Hurricane Sandy, our changing climate, and the extreme weather of the past and future
Author
Publisher
Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
A renowned scientist takes us through the devastating and unprecedented events of Hurricane Sandy, using it to explain our planet's changing climate, and what we need to do to protect ourselves and our cities for the future. Was Hurricane Sandy a freak event-or a harbinger of things to come? Was climate change responsible? What connects the spiraling clouds our satellites saw from space, the brackish water that rose up over the city's seawalls,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In October 2012, Megastorm Sandy cut a path of devastation across the Caribbean and the East Coast, killing hundreds and doing tens of billions of dollars in damage. To many, it was a wake-up call. Now, one year after Sandy's deadly strike, NOVA follows up on the 2012 film Inside the Megastorm with a fresh investigation of the critical questions raised by this historic storm: Was Megastorm Sandy a freak combination of weather systems? Or are hurricanes...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
The first complete moment-by-moment account of the largest Atlantic storm system ever recorded-a hurricane like no other The sky was lit by a full moon on October 29, 2012, but nobody on the eastern seaboard of the United States could see it. Everything had been consumed by cloud. The storm's immensity caught the attention of scientists on the International Space Station. Even from there, it seemed almost limitless: 1.8 million square feet of tightly...
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