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Transport and deposition of ocean-sourced microplastic particles by a North Atlantic hurricane
The atmosphere can transport large quantities of microplastics and disperse them throughout the globe to locations inaccessible by many other...
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A content analysis of social media discourse during Hurricane María: filling a void when traditional media are silent
As social media is increasingly used by communities to understand and cope with environmental hazards, understanding how people use social media...
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Hurricane Effects on Seagrass and Associated Nekton Communities in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
On 10 October 2018, Hurricane Michael made landfall along the Florida panhandle as a category 5 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 259 km h −1 and...
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Hurricane Effects on Benthic Nitrogen Cycling in an Emerging Coastal Deltaic Floodplain Within the Mississippi River Delta Plain
Hurricanes are one of the most common natural events that disturb estuarine and coastal wetlands along the Gulf of Mexico. The episodic and energetic...
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Elevated heat indices resulting from hurricane-related defoliation: a case study
Defoliation caused by strong tropical cyclones can modify the partitioning of incident solar radiation between the sensible, latent, and substrate...
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Coastal Response to the Landfall of a Hurricane on a Series of Inlets and Narrow Back-Barrier Waterways
Hurricanes with high winds can generate strong ocean circulation, storm surges, and large surface waves that impact coastal regions. In 2018,...
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Impact of Hurricane Maria on mold levels in the homes of Piñones, Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, severely impacting the island. In order to quantify the impact of the hurricane on the...
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Application of uncertain hurricane climate change projections to catastrophe risk models
There is great interest in trying to understand how to take climate model projections of possible changes in hurricane behaviour due to climate...
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Response of a Phytoplankton Community in a Subtropical Estuary to a Pulse Disturbance Driven by a Combo Hurricane and Extreme Rainfall Event
Major precipitation events from destructive hurricanes can change the hydrodynamics of estuaries. Indeed, water rather than wind was the major...
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Environmental Impacts of Hurricane Harvey on the Neches-Brakes Bayou River System in Beaumont, Texas
Hurricane Harvey caused unprecedented floods across large regions of Southeast Texas resulting in several infrastructural issues. One of the notable...
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Remotely sensed measures of Hurricane Michael damage and adverse perinatal outcomes and access to prenatal care services in the Florida panhandle
BackgroundStudies of effects of hurricanes on perinatal outcomes often rely on approximate measures of exposure. This study aims to use observed...
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Fleeing the unsustainable city: soft policy and the dual effect of social capital in hurricane evacuation
Why do citizens evacuate and where do they go once they have left disaster zones? Using Facebook data aggregated to the neighborhood level, this...
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Houston hurricane Harvey health (Houston-3H) study: assessment of allergic symptoms and stress after hurricane Harvey flooding
BackgroundIn August 2017, Hurricane Harvey caused unprecedented flooding across the greater Houston area. Given the potential for widespread...
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Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in a subtropical estuary (Galveston Bay, USA) and the impact of Hurricane Harvey
The landfall of Hurricane Harvey in August 2017 provided the opportunity to study the impact of extreme freshwater discharge on chromophoric...
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Longitudinal patterns in sediment type and quality during daily flow regimes and following natural hazards in an urban estuary: a Hurricane Harvey retrospective
Understanding the transport of sediments in urban estuaries and their effects on water quality and microorganisms is a convergent challenge that has...
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Resident perspectives of environmental health risk exposures after Hurricane Harvey
This study examines what visitors to urban parks in Houston, TX, know about environmental health risks resulting from Hurricane Harvey, a category 4...
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Post-Hurricane Sandy Benthic Habitat Map** at Fire Island National Seashore, New York, USA, Utilizing the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS)
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy created a new tidal inlet at Fire Island National Seashore (FIIS) in New York, USA, consequently altering environmental...
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Hurricane Related Coastal Flooding in the Province of Ciego de Avila, Cuba: Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Study
The province of Ciego de Avila has been impacted by hurricanes of different intensity since the end of the 20th Century. The most severe impacts have...
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Hurricane Harvey Delivered a Massive Load of Mercury-Rich Sediment to Galveston Bay, TX, USA
Hurricane Harvey (Harvey) struck the Texas coast 25–27 August, 2017, and produced massive flooding of the Galveston Bay tributaries. The slow release...
