Storm Forecasts and Coastal Risk
How tropical storms form and get forecast, and why warmer oceans, coastal development, and human decisions determine who gets hurt.
Optimized for books about Understanding hurricane and tropical storm forecasting, storm surge, coastal risk, and the climate trends behind them..
The Weather of the FutureHeidi CullenExplains how climate change reshapes future weather patterns and what warmer oceans mean for storm intensity and...Shelf signal: Climate Change
Superstorm SandyDiane C. BatesA case study of a major U.S. storm that shows how communities rebuild and why people keep living in high-risk coastal...Shelf signal: Disaster & Crisis Studies
Into the Raging SeaRachel SladeA narrative investigation of a maritime disaster that illuminates how forecasting, human decisions, and infrastructure...Shelf signal: Natural Disasters
The Battle for North Carolina's CoastStanley R Riggs, Dorothea Von Der Porten AmesExamines barrier island dynamics and coastal management choices that determine how storms translate into long-term risk...Shelf signal: Coasts & Shorelines
QuakelandKathryn MilesProvides practical, systems-focused analysis of natural-disaster risk and preparedness useful for readers wanting...Shelf signal: Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Last Train to ParadiseLes StandifordHistoric account of an engineering project destroyed by a powerful storm that offers perspective on infrastructure...Shelf signal: Railroad History