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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Hurricane Michael razed farmland across south Georgia in October. (Courtesy of Georgia Department of Agriculture) During Hurricane Season – which opened June 1 – coastal folks watch the waters off the African coast. Hot, dry air from the Sahara Desert mingles with the moist, cooler air from southern Africa to make mischief. This union of competing currents spawns hurricanes....Kim Cobb, a Georgia Tech professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, isn’t exactly sunny about the future but seems unwilling to give up. She argues the state should form a task force and appoint what amounts to a Hurricane Czar, similar to Florida’s first Chief Resilience Officer. Cobb’s task force would include climate scientists and other experts. “The lessons from Irma and Michael are still fresh, and should inform near-term priorities,” she said. “But the real risks far exceed recent events.”
