Rick ThomanFeb 10
Update from last week re: ongoing impacts from October's ex-typhoon Halong. "Bryan Fisher, director of the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management…said with the scale of destruction, the rebuilding effort will take years." #akwx #ExtremeEvents alaskabeacon.com/2026/02/05/o...

Officials estimate $125 millio...
Officials estimate $125 million in Western Alaska storm damage so far, and a long road to recovery | Alaska Beacon

The Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management director updated lawmakers, and outlined a “significant cleanup mission” planned for this summer.

Alaska Beacon
Rick ThomanFeb 10

Update from a few days ago on the ongoing impacts from ex-typhoon Halong back in October. "Bryan Fisher, director of the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management…said with the scale of destruction, the rebuilding effort will take years." #akwx #ExtremeEvents @Jdnome @Climatologist49

https://alaskabeacon.com/2026/02/05/officials-estimate-125-million-in-western-alaska-storm-damage-so-far-and-a-long-road-to-recovery/

Officials estimate $125 million in Western Alaska storm damage so far, and a long road to recovery | Alaska Beacon

The Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management director updated lawmakers, and outlined a “significant cleanup mission” planned for this summer.

Alaska Beacon
David MayhoodJun 20, 2025

Another excellent article on the hydrological effects of clearcut logging. Be sure to take the time to watch the video featuring UBC forest hydrologist Younis Alila. Alila and his colleagues have transformed the way we analyze logging impacts on floods, drought, mass wasting, and sediment delivery to streams from logging operations.

https://thenarwhal.ca/trouble-in-the-headwaters-documentary/

#Clearcut #Logging #ForestHydrology #Hydrology #Floods #ExtremeEvents #ForestManagement

Trouble in the Headwaters: new film links clearcuts to B.C. floods | The Narwhal

Watch Trouble in the Headwaters, a short documentary about the hidden impacts of clear-cut logging and its connection to B.C. floods

The Narwhal
Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌Jun 9, 2025
✅ Flohn! "What is #ClimateChange? Climate Change implies an increase of #ExtremeEvents, both in terms of magnitude and frequency!" "Was ist Klimawandel? Klimawandel bedeutet eine Zunahme von Extremereignissen, sowohl in Bezug auf das Ausmaß als auch auf die Häufigkeit" Prof. Dr. Hermann Flohn, 1978
AI4PEXFeb 26, 2025

💡 New Paper!
Have you ever wondered, in which ways #ArtificialIntelligence can help us to better predict and respond to #ExtremeEvents?

👉 Find out what #AI can already do, its challenges and opportunities:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56573-8

Artificial intelligence for modeling and understanding extreme weather and climate events - Nature Communications

Artificial Intelligence is transforming the study of extreme climate events like floods, droughts, and wildfires, helping to overcome challenges such as limited data and real-time integration. This review article highlights the need for transparent, reliable AI models to improve disaster response, risk communication and stakeholder trust.

Nature
NIOO-KNAWJan 10, 2025
New publication: Impacts of climate-induced drought on lake and reservoir #biodiversity and ecosystem services: A review. #climatechange #sustainablewateruse #drinkingwater #hydropower #adaptivemanagement #extremeevents
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-024-02092-7
AI4PEXNov 5, 2024
#AI4PEX research focus 8: Projections
AI4PEX aims to deliver improved #climateprojections of changes in the regimes of #ExtremeEvents and associated impacts from the next generation of #ESMs #ArtificialIntelligence-enhanced and grounded on #earthobservations.
SubtleBlade ⚔️Sep 10, 2024

‘#Antarctica

‘Two incredible #ExtremeEvents’: Antarctic #Sea#Ice on cusp of record winter low for second year running

Last year Antartica’s sea ice was 1.6m sq km below average – the size of Britain, France, Germany and Spain combined. This week it had even less than that
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/10/two-incredible-extreme-events-antarctic-sea-ice-on-cusp-of-record-winter-low-for-second-year-running
#ClimateCrisis #SeaLevelRising #TippingPoints

‘Two incredible extreme events’: Antarctic sea ice on cusp of record winter low for second year running

Last year Antarctica’s sea ice was 1.6m sq km below average – the size of Britain, France, Germany and Spain combined. This week it had even less than that

The Guardian
💧🌏 Greg CocksAug 21, 2024
On The Uncertain Intensity Estimate Of The 1859 Carrington Storm
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https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2024015 <-- shared paper
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event <-- background on the Carrington Event
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["The big one", if it happened today we would be right royally %^#$& (excuse my pretend language 😉 ), we are nowhere close to being hardened, etc; my other ½ is a space weather scientist, until I knew her I was not fully aware of all the risks and hazards associated with space weather]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #Magneticstorm #spaceweather #historicalevent #statisticalanalysis #spatialanalysis #geostatistics #model #modeling #geomagneticstorm #geomagnetism #solar #sun #risk #hazard #infrastructure #CME #coronalmassejection #solarflare #blackouts #humanimpacts #electricpowergrid #CarringtonEvent #numericmodel #aurora #usgs #space #geophysics #naturalhazards #extremeevents
On the uncertain intensity estimate of the 1859 Carrington storm | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, a link between all the communities involved in Space Weather and in Space Climate

Show threadDaniele de RigoJun 3, 2024

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In [4], the Authors
"demonstrate that the geographic range and frequency of noncompensable heat extremes will increase rapidly, given only moderate continued increase in global average #temperatures. This implies that, in the near future, a substantial portion of the world’s population will be exposed to these noncompensable environmental conditions" [4]

"#ClimateChange is driving the emergence of #ExtremeEvents far outside of the range of historical experience across the world" [4]