Europe soaked; US northeast threatened

Scholar power: 26.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 54%, Geography 23%, Engineering 14%, Public Health 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Sam Illingworth	19%	21	26.1%

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46.0%

1.3 h

3

26.1%

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0.127

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Prof Sam Illingworth

@samillingworth.com

🌊 One storm surge feeds the next

Dutch researchers found North Sea storm surges cluster: one hitting 1 to 3 days after an earlier storm runs 17.5%, about 7cm, higher than a surge with no recent predecessor.

🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2026gl125098

#Climate #Flooding #Oceans #Science 🧪

North Sea Storm Surges Amplified by Oscillations Triggered by Preceding Storms

North Sea storm surges not only cluster in time, but preceding events can also physically amplify subsequent surges An amplification timescale near 2 days is established from basin-scale post-sur...

doi.org

September 28, 2026 at 8:35 AM

by John F. McCarthy

101%

Scholar power: 101.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 54%, Geography 23%, Engineering 14%, Public Health 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 John F. McCarthy	39%	75	101.3%

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52.0%

13.1 h

0

101.3%

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0.101

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John McCarthy

@john-f-mccarthy.bsky.social

If a powerless nor'easter flooded the northeast, that would be news....

September 27, 2026 at 8:46 PM

Reposted by Christoph Bertram

8%

Scholar power: 8.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 54%, Geography 23%, Engineering 14%, Public Health 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Christoph Bertram	14%	38	8.6%

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47.0%

17.5 h

8

8.6%

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0.01

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Elin Lerum Boasson

@elinlb.bsky.social

I am in Bangkok for the @ipcc.bsky.social 2nd Lead Author Meeting for the 7th Assessment Report, Working Group III Mitigation of Climate Change. The ongoing flooding of Bangkok is a stark reminder of the consequences of extreme weather events.

September 27, 2026 at 4:24 PM

by Arthur Charpentier

9%

Scholar power: 9.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 54%, Geography 23%, Engineering 14%, Public Health 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Arthur Charpentier	7%	21	9.6%

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46.0%

21.7 h

0

9.6%

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0.004

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Arthur Charpentier

@freakonometrics.bsky.social

"Europe faces incredibly harsh winters and unrelenting droughts if the vital AMOC ocean current fails – but when disaster will strike and how bad it will be remains uncertain. Now there is an ambitious plan to give us a warning" www.newscientist.com/article/2588...