Posts for tag "hurricane"
Smaller Buoys Fill In The Gaps of Coastal Hurricane Monitoring Networks
As hurricane frequency and severity continue to increase, real-time monitoring along the coast has become more and more important to disaster mitigation and developing forecasting models. In response to this, coastal observation networks across the United States...
- Posted October 20, 2025
From Hurricanes to Florida’s Red Tides: Monitoring the Southwest Gulf Coast
Nearly every year, southwest Florida is blighted by harmful Karenia brevis blooms–known colloquially as Florida red tides. These harmful algal blooms (HABs) form over the West Florida shelf and are pushed shorewards by winds and currents. Once...
- Posted June 25, 2025
Monitoring Hurricanes and Predicting Flooding in the Age of Climate Change
Still recovering from Hurricane Helene, which caused extreme precipitation, flooding, landslides, and other environmental disasters associated with severe weather, the southeastern part of the U.S. is predicted to be hit by another storm, Hurricane Milton. With Hurricane...
- Posted October 9, 2024
Model Shows Upsides To Hurricanes: More Carbon Uptake
A Duke University model developed over 20 years shows upsides to hurricanes -- they can help prevent drought and increase carbon uptake in trees.
- Posted May 18, 2016
Evolution of Hurricane observation tech saves lives
Modern hurricane tracking technology helps prevent nearly 90 percent of potential hurricane related deaths, according to a Florida International University earth sciences professor writing in The Conversation. Hurricane monitoring has evolved from visually tracking the storms to...
- Posted June 16, 2015






