We found a mutually-reinforcing network of accounts spreading misinfo on Hurricane Helene, and those pushing false claims around Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio; the integrity of recent US elections; Jewish American citizens; and Russiaâs full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
This Dispatch examines how Hurricane Helene mis- and disinformation spread online, with antisemitic hate and election conspiracies promoted by politicians and extremists.
It is genuinely disturbing to see The Democrats Are Controlling the Weather go almost *mainstream* as a thing Republicans believe That was, not long ago, something only genuinely delusional people would believe or say in public.
So, how do we rescue millions of historical weather observations that are not currently available to science, such as those in this table? Surely, ML can do this by now... đ§ľ
Only three hurricanes in the last 60+ years have caused more deaths across U.S. states and territories than #Helene@drjeffmasters.bsky.socialyaleclimateconnections.org/2024/10/hele...
The stormâs human tragedy continues to mount, especially across southern Appalachia.
At a congressional hearing with Sol Hsiang in 2019, he said something that shocked me: an extreme weather/climate eventâs direct economic impacts are only 10% of the long-term impacts, which last for decades. You can see how thisâd likely apply to the human cost as well; and now heâs proved it:
U.S. tropical cyclones, including hurricanes, indirectly cause thousands of deaths for nearly 15 years after a storm. Understanding why could help minimize future deaths from hazards fueled by climate...
Over on The Climate Brink, Zeke Hausfather discusses how climate change increases extreme rainfall. Climate change makes extreme rainfall more extreme. We can therefore be confident that this storm was more damaging because we have warmed the climate. www.theclimatebrink....
Early modeling results suggest significantly more rainfall from the storm due to historical warming
The plural of some scientists think diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2024/09/30/t...
Wynes et al. report on âPerceptions of carbon dioxide emission reductions and future warming among climate expertsâ in which they asked IPCC authors (from SR15 on1) for their opinion. TâŚ
Update this afternoon from NOAA / NCEI about the NCEI-NC Asheville Data Center and the employees there.
