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Arctic ice loss amplified Superstorm Sandy violence

warrenellis:

“Cornell and Rutgers researchers report in the March issue of Oceanography that the severe loss of summertime Arctic sea ice—attributed to greenhouse warming—appears to enhance Northern Hemisphere jet stream meandering, intensify Arctic air mass invasions toward middle latitudes, and increase the frequency of atmospheric blocking events like the one that steered Hurricane Sandy west into the densely populated New York City area.”

Arctic ice loss amplified Superstorm Sandy violence

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History isn’t
the devastating bulldozer they say it is.
It leaves underpasses, crypts, holes
and hiding places. There are survivors.
History’s also benevolent: destroys
as much as it can: overdoing it, sure,
would be better, but history’s short
of news, doesn’t carry out all its vendettas.
 
History scrapes the bottom
like a drag net
with a few rips and more than one fish escapes.
Sometimes you meet the ectoplasm
of an escapee and he doesn’t seem particularly happy.
He doesn’t know he’s outside, nobody told him.
The others, in the bag, think
they’re freer than him.

‘Satura’, Eugenio Montale (via ppac)
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zerosociety:

athousanderrors:

relatedworlds-deactivated201402:

You never know when you might have to fight an alien.

ugh his smug little smirk at the end kills me. 

❤ Eliot and Hardison. 

The thing I like to think about is what kind of Global Frequency mission Eliot was on when he picked that tidbit up.

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discoverynews:

Russian Meteor Likely An Apollo Asteroid Chunk

After some very cool sleuthing by two astronomers, the true nature of the Russian meteor has been uncovered. Turns out it has a similar orbit to the Earth-crossing Apollo-class asteroids. This was a warning shot, there’s bigger ones out there [cue Jaws music] Read more

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