Hurricane Katrina: Science Online Special Collection

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<li class="lastcrumb"><span class="bc-sep"> > </span>Hurricane Katrina: Science Online Special Collection </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="leaderboard" class="leaderboard-ads"><script type="text/javascript"> OAS_AD('Top'); </script></div> <div id="BodyWrapper"> <div id="content-block"> <div id="proxied-contents"> <div class="auto-clean"> <div></div> </div> <div id="LegacyContent"> <table style="width: 620px;"> <tr valign="top"> <td> <h2>Hurricanes, Climate, and Katrina:<br/> Research, Reviews, and Articles from <em>Science</em> Online </h2> <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt"> <p><strong><em><span style=" font-size: 144%">S</span>cience</em></strong> and its publisher, AAAS, share with our fellow citizens the deep sense of loss occasioned by the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina and also extend our sympathy to those affected by Hurricane Rita. As an aid to policy makers, scientists, and the public in understanding the large-scale forces and smaller-scale scientific, social, political background to the disaster, we are making available, <span style="color:#ff0000">free to all visitors</span> via this page, this selection of past <em>Science</em> articles related to hurricanes, coastal disasters, and disaster policy. </p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <table style="width: 620px;"> <tr valign="top"> <td style="background-color: #ffffff;width: 470px;"> <table> <tr> <td> <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt"> <ul class="Simple"> <li><a href="#katrina">The Gulf Coast Hurricanes and Their Aftermath</a></li> <li><a href="#climate">Climate Change, Hurricanes, and Extreme Weather</a></li> <li><a href="#coastal">Coastal Disaster Planning</a></li> <li><a href="#wetlands">Louisiana's Wetlands and Other Floodplain Issues</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <p><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="460" height="2" alt="-"/></p><a id="katrina" name="katrina"></a><h3><em>The Gulf Coast Hurricanes and Their Aftermath</em></h3> <div class="Divider" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:10pt"> <p><strong>News Focus: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5744/2143">Hurricane Rita Spares Major Research Institutions</a></strong><br/> Jocelyn Kaiser<br/><em>Science</em>, 30 September 2005; 309: 2143 </p><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="250" height="1" alt="-"/><p><strong>News Focus: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5743/1980">Displaced Researchers Scramble to Keep Their Science Going</a></strong><br/> Jocelyn Kaiser<br/><em>Science</em>, 23 September 2005; 309: 1980-1981 </p><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="250" height="1" alt="-"/><p><strong>News Focus: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5743/1981">Katrina Leaves Behind a Pile of Scientific Questions</a></strong><br/> John Bohannon<br/><em>Science</em>, 23 September 2005; 309: 1981 </p><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="250" height="1" alt="-"/><p><strong>News Focus: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5742/1808">Scientists Weigh Options for Rebuilding New Orleans</a></strong><br/> John Bohannon and Martin Enserink<br/><em>Science</em>, 16 September 2005; 309: 1808-1809 </p><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="250" height="1" alt="-"/><p><strong>News Focus: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5742/1809">Questioning the 'Dutch Solution'</a></strong><br/> Martin Enserink and John Bohannon<br/><em>Science</em>, 16 September 2005; 309: 1809 </p><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="250" height="1" alt="-"/><p><strong>News: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5741/1656">Scientists' Fears Come True as Hurricane Floods New Orleans</a></strong><br/> John Travis<br/><em>Science</em>, 9 September 2005; 309: 1656-1659 </p><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="250" height="1" alt="-"/><p><strong>News: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5741/1657">Riding Out the Storm</a></strong><br/> Carolyn Gramling<br/><em>Science</em>, 9 September 2005; 309: 1657 </p> </div> <p><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="460" height="2" alt="-"/></p><a id="climate" name="climate"></a><h3><em>Climate Change, Hurricanes, and Extreme Weather</em></h3> <div class="Divider" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:10pt"> <p><strong>Report: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5742/1844">Changes in Tropical Cyclone Number, Duration, and Intensity in a Warming Environment</a></strong><br/> P. J.Webster, G. J. Holland, J. A. Curry, and H.-R. Chang<br/><em>Science</em>, 16 September 2005; 309: 1844-1846 </p> <blockquote> <div class="auto-clean"><strong>Related News Focus: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5742/1807">Is Katrina a Harbinger of Still More Powerful Hurricanes?</a></strong><br/> Richard A. Kerr<br/><em>Science</em>, 16 September 2005; 309: 1807 </div> </blockquote><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="250" height="1" alt="-"/><p><strong>Perspective: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/308/5729/1753">Uncertainty in Hurricanes and Global Warming</a></strong><br/> Kevin Trenberth<br/><em>Science</em>, 17 June 2005; 308: 1753-1754 </p><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="250" height="1" alt="-"/><p><strong>Report: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/307/5716/1769">How Much More Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?</a></strong><br/> Gerald A. Meehl, Warren M. Washington, William D. Collins, Julie M. Arblaster, Aixue Hu, Lawrence E. Buja, Warren G. Strand, and Haiyan Teng<br/><em>Science</em>, 18 March 2005; 307: 1769-1772 </p><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="250" height="1" alt="-"/><p><strong>Report: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/305/5686/994">More Intense, More Frequent, and Longer Lasting Heat Waves in the 21st Century</a></strong><br/> Gerald A. Meehl and Claudia Tebaldi <br/><em>Science</em>, 13 August 2004; 305: 994-997 </p><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="250" height="1" alt="-"/><p><strong>Report: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/293/5529/474">The Recent Increase in Atlantic Hurricane Activity: Causes and Implications</a></strong><br/> Stanley B. Goldenberg, Christopher W. Landsea, Alberto M. Mestas-Nu帽ez, and William M. Gray<br/><em>Science</em>, 20 July 2001; 293: 474-479 </p> <blockquote> <div class="auto-clean"><strong>Related Perspective: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/293/5529/440">Hurricane Threats</a></strong><br/> Lennart Bengtsson<br/><em>Science</em>, 20 July 2001; 293: 440-441 </div> </blockquote><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="250" height="1" alt="-"/><p><strong>News Focus: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/292/5515/192">Rising Global Temperature, Rising Uncertainty</a></strong><br/> Richard A. Kerr<br/><em>Science</em>, 13 April 2001; 292: 192-194 </p><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="250" height="1" alt="-"/><p><strong>Review: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/289/5487/2068">Climate Extremes: Observations, Modeling, and Impacts</a></strong><br/> David R. Easterling, Gerald A. Meehl, Camille Parmesan, Stanley A. Changnon, Thomas R. Karl, and Linda O. Mearns<br/><em>Science</em>, 22 September 2000; 289: 2068-2074 </p><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="250" height="1" alt="-"/><p><strong>Report: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/279/5353/1018">Simulated Increase of Hurricane Intensities in a CO<sub>2</sub>-Warmed Climate</a></strong><br/> Thomas R. Knutson, Robert E. Tuleya, and Yoshio Kurihara<br/><em>Science</em>, 13 February 1998; 279: 1018-1021 </p><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="250" height="1" alt="-"/><p><strong>Brevia: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5736/896">Extreme Waves Under Hurricane Ivan</a></strong><br/> David W. Wang, Douglas A. Mitchell, William J. Teague, Ewa Jarosz, and Mark S. Hulbert<br/><em>Science</em>, 5 August 2005; 309: 896 </p> </div> <p><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="460" height="2" alt="-"/></p><a id="coastal" name="coastal"></a><h3><em>Coastal Disaster Planning</em></h3> <div class="Divider" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:10pt"> <p><strong>Special Issue: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/sciext/disasters/">Dealing with Disasters</a></strong><br/> A special section in this issue provided a variety of Viewpoint articles on disaster planning, including:<br/></p> <blockquote> <div class="auto-clean"><strong>Viewpoint: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5737/1034">Toward Inherently Secure and Resilient Societies</a></strong><br/> Brad Allenby and Jonathan Fink<br/><em>Science</em>, 12 August 2005; 309: 1034-1036<br/><br/><strong>Viewpoint: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5737/1036">Social-Ecological Resilience to Coastal Disasters</a></strong><br/> W. Neil Adger, Terry P. Hughes, Carl Folke, Stephen R. Carpenter, Johan Rockstr枚m<br/><em>Science</em>, 12 August 2005; 309: 1036-1039<br/><br/><strong>Viewpoint: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5737/1040">Insurance in a Climate of Change</a></strong><br/> Evan Mills<br/><em>Science</em>, 12 August 2005; 309: 1040-1044<br/><br/><strong>Viewpoint: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5737/1044">Refocusing Disaster Aid</a></strong><br/> Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, Reinhard Mechler, and Georg Pflug<br/><em>Science</em>, 12 August 2005; 309: 1044-1046<br/></div> </blockquote><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="250" height="1" alt="-"/><p><strong>Policy Forum: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/289/5487/2053">U.S. Policies Pertaining to Weather and Climate Extremes</a></strong><br/> Stanley A. Changnon and David R. Easterling<br/><em>Science</em>, 22 September 2000; 289: 2053-2055 </p><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="250" height="1" alt="-"/><p><strong>Review: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/284/5422/1943">Mitigation Emerges as Major Strategy for Reducing Losses Caused by Natural Disasters</a></strong><br/> Board on Natural Disasters<br/><em>Science</em>, 18 June 1999; 284: 1943-1947 </p><img src="/web/20110930025748im_/http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/katrina/images/blpx1.gif" width="250" height="1" alt="-"/><p><strong>News: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930025748/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/284/5414/563">Forecasters Learning to Read a Hurricane's Mind</a></strong><br/> Richard A. 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