Challenging Climate
19. Kerry Emanuel on hurricanes and hypercanes in a warming world
Professor Kerry Emanuel is a prominent meteorologist and climate scientist working at the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT. His research focuses on tropical meteorology and climate, with a specialty in hurricane physics. In this episode, we spoke with Kerry about what distinguishes a hurricane from tropical storms and tornadoes, and the dangers these natural hazards pose to societies. We also cover how these threats will evolve in an increasingly warming world, and what a hypercane is.
Links:
- Kerry Emanuel's profile
- Kerry's website
- Carbon brief on a new study showing hurricanes strengthening and intensifying
- Kerry's book, Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes
Further information on hurricane impacts
- Fewer deaths in tropical storms in recent decades
- Economic impacts of hurricanes
- The hypercane
- Normalized hurricane damage has not changed
Professor Kerry Emanuel is a prominent meteorologist and climate scientist working at the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT. His research focuses on tropical meteorology and climate, with a specialty in hurricane physics. In this episode, we spoke with Kerry about what distinguishes a hurricane from tropical storms and tornadoes, and the dangers these natural hazards pose to societies. We also cover how these threats will evolve in an increasingly warming world, and what a hypercane is.
Links:
- Kerry Emanuel's profile
- Kerry's website
- Carbon brief on a new study showing hurricanes strengthening and intensifying
- Kerry's book, Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes
Further information on hurricane impacts
- Fewer deaths in tropical storms in recent decades
- Economic impacts of hurricanes
- The hypercane
- Normalized hurricane damage has not changed