adamsobel.bsky.social
Atmospheric scientist
👤 Joined on 10 October 2023
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@profadamsobel.bsky.social@profadamsobel.bsky.social → @adamsobel.bsky.social“Strong winds from landfalling #TropicalCyclones cause severe impact to both coastal and inland populations worldwide each year. In the United States alone, tropical cyclones remain the most destructive weather-related disasters, with total losses amounting to US$1.3 trillion”:
Show Post“Across #NaturalCatastrophe #insurance, research is central to informing risk estimates and subsequent decisions on risk appetite, exposure management, underwriting… [but] academia and the industry often struggle to collaborate on decision relevant and applicable research”:
Show PostIn this paper, authors Richard Bradley, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE); Roman Frigg, LSE; and Ada Meltzer, University of Chicago, test the potential of a confidence-sensitive Hazard Impact Tracker (HIT) decision-support tool for humanitarian Anticipatory Action: buff.ly/Hid1E5Y
Show PostDid you know that Severe Convective Storms (SCS) involve multiple interconnected hazards, including #hail, #tornadoes, damaging winds, extreme precipitation, and pluvial flooding? Read about the challenges of modelling SCS risk in the latest #JCRR article: buff.ly/8Gfwvrf
Show PostYou'd probably enjoy this @adamsobel.bsky.social classic then, arguing that narrowing down climate sensitivity another 0.1C or whatever isn't really going to change mitigation policy, so go work on adaptation and impacts where there are still a ton of open questions:
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