Guishard challenges hurricane drought views
Local meteorologist Mark Guishard has been highlighted in South Carolina in advance of the 2016 hurricane season.
Hurricane drought? Not so fast. Bermuda-based research says it’s a climatological myth
Forgive Bermudians for questioning the existence of a hurricane drought.
Hurricane Preparedness Week: May 30 – June 3
The Ministry of National Security is taking the opportunity to remind everyone that hurricane season is June 1 – November 30, and from May 30 – June 3, the public is encouraged to observe Hurricane Preparedness Week.
Report: why Hurricane Joaquin weakened
Bermuda risk report explores local hurricane preparedness. Read more at TheRoyalGazette.com
Arbitrary focus on hurricane wind speed has birthed a new climate myth
Claims of a ‘hurricane drought’ are based on an arbitrary focus on wind speed while ignoring storm pressure, power, and damage
BIOS probing hurricane risk in new study
BIOS is undertaking new research on hurricane risk on the Island, in addition to its traditional focus on global catastrophic risk.
Hurricane Risk Research to Focus on Bermuda
BIOS’s Risk Prediction Initiative will host June workshop for Member companies
The focus will be: “Where have all the US landfalling hurricanes gone?”
Monster hurricanes reached U.S. during prehistoric periods of ocean warming
New research on coastal sediments, funded in part by BIOS’s Risk Prediction Initiative, shows that prehistoric hurricanes along the northern East Coast of the United States were likely more frequent and intense than those that have hit within recorded history.
Connecting Science and the Risk Transfer Industry
AIR Worldwide recently joins The Risk Prediction Initiative 2.0 (RPI2.0).
BIOS Expert to Join Storm Discussion
Dr Mark Guishard, Program Manager of RPI2.0, is to join the panellists at a roundtable discussion about lessons learnt from last month’s storms.
As Bermuda braces for Gonzalo, underwater glider studies hurricane impact
An oceanographer is deploying an undersea glider to take measurements during the Category 3 storm, which is expected to hit Bermuda. Hopefully, the rare underwater perspective will yield insights that can be used to develop forecasting models.
Undersea glider studies hurricane impact
An underwater glider will examine the impact of hurricanes on our ocean.
Glider Deployed for Hurricane Gonzalo
While most items are being tied down in Bermuda this week as Hurricane Gonzalo takes aim at the island, a yellow undersea glider named “Anna” will swim straight into the storm.
Flooding in focus at catastrophe risk seminar
Scientists and insurance industry experts will come together to discuss the issue of flood risk at a seminar hosted by BIOS and BII.
New degree course aims to prepare students for catastrophe reinsurance business
A former BIOS scientist and current trustee aims to link the academic world and Island business to better predict disasters.
Montpelier Re Foundation awards scholarships
The Montpelier Re Foundation has awarded scholarships worth a combined $15,000 to two Bermudian students, including Meteorology student Michael Cavin Johnston, intern with the Risk Prediction Initiative at BIOS.
Glider to explore relationship between oceans and weather
BIOS adds to research fleet capabilities with new glider
BIOS holds Catastrophe Risk Seminar at BUEI
The Bermuda Insurance Institute (BII) and the Risk Prediction Initiative (RPI) at BIOS will be collaborating to provide a day and a half seminar focused on Catastrophe Risk.
European winter storm clusters tackled by RPI
Zurich was the site of a joint workshop on the issues surrounding the impacts of winter storms in Europe, held between the Risk Prediction Initiative at BIOS and RMS.
RPI2.0 Hurricane Landfall Forecast Competition Continues
RPI2.0 this week announced the third round of its Seasonal US Hurricane Landfall Forecasting competition, citing the potential predictive skill of ‘crowd-intelligence’.
Familiar Face at Weather Service Joins RPI2.0
The Risk Prediction Initiative (RPI2.0) recently welcomed Dr. Mark Guishard as its new Science Program Manager.
RPI2.0 Announces Crowdsourcing Experiment
In a nod to the value of crowdsourcing as an effective forecasting method, the Risk Prediction Initiative (RPI2.0) announces the start of its seasonal forecast competition, in which participants can win up to $5000.