When the Wind Blows: Predicting How Hurricanes Change with Climate
When:
Tuesday, Jun 19, 2018 7:00p -
8:00p
Tuesday, Jun 19, 2018 7:00p -
8:00p
Where:
Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Innovation, Lectures & Conferences, Tech, University
Event website:
whenthewindblows.eventbrite.com
The 2017 hurricane season was the most expensive on record for the United States, inflicting a staggering $268 billion in damage. Areas of Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico are still rebuilding after Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria made landfall last summer. The occurrence of three devastating hurricanes in a single season highlights the importance of research on the relationship between climate change and the strength of hurricanes. Now that that 2018 hurricane season has begun, scientists are working to predict what's in store for this year and for years to come as sea surface temperature continues to rise.
In this talk, Sydney Sroka, Tom Beucler, and Jonathan Lin, three graduate students studying various aspects of hurricane predictability and atmospheric physics at MIT, will describe how hurricanes intensify, the state-of-the-art technology of hurricane prediction, and the way climate change is expected to influence hurricanes.
