Dr. Samantha Hallam and ASU BIOS COO Dr. Mark Guishard are teaming up again to expand upon the work related to the effect of upper ocean heat on Bermuda hurricanes conducted during Dr. Hallam’s internship at BIOS in 2019.
Norton provides science edge for XL Catlin
February 16, 2018
Fielding Norton, the new group chief enterprise risk officer at XL Catlin, has an extensive background in Earth and planetary science, and that has proven useful in his insurance industry career. Mr Norton joined the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences in 1995 as it set up the Risk Prediction Initiative, a science and business partnership.
Branson to speak to ocean summit attendees
May 02, 2018
Richard Branson, one of the world’s most successful businessmen, will be involved “virtually” in next week’s Ocean Risk Summit in Bermuda.
Hurricanes, Climate Change and Seasonal Variation
June 01, 2018
Dr. Mark Guishard, program manager of the Risk Prediction Initiative (RPI) at BIOS, traveled to Ponte Vedra, Florida (U.S.A.) to participate in the 33rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology this past April. Here are some of the take-home points from the annual science meeting, organized by the American Meteorological Society.
Climate change, extreme weather boost supply chain risks
June 19, 2018
SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Climate risks are directly connected to supply chain risks that should be identified and mitigated as extreme weather events continue to become more severe and intense and cause rising business interruption losses, experts say.
Time for action on ocean risk
June 19, 2018
The world’s first Ocean Risk Summit held in Bermuda recently drew leaders from across political, economic, environmental and risk sectors to identify the potential exposures to ocean-related risk and tackle its broad-ranging consequences.
What is the maximum possible number of Atlantic tropical cyclones? See the year 2005
August 24, 2018
In a multi-national collaborative study published August 22, 2018 in Science Advances, climate simulations and subsequent analyses of tropical cyclone activity were led by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), the University of Melbourne and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). Project leads used climate models to estimate the maximum number of tropical cyclones that might occur in the North Atlantic in the current climate.
Michael R. Bloomberg to speak at first Bermuda Climate Risk Forum
October 17, 2019
Hamilton, Bermuda (October 17, 2019)—Three-term New York City mayor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and global leader on climate change Michael R. Bloomberg will be the keynote guest at a half-day, thought-leadership forum presented by the Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA) later this month in association with the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) and the inaugural Bermuda Championship, an official PGA TOUR event.
Bermuda’s hurricanes are twice as strong as they were six decades ago
February 19, 2021
Read more at LiveScience.com: Hurricanes are blasting Bermuda with wind speeds that have more than doubled in strength over the last 66 years, due to rising ocean temperatures in the region as a result of climate change, according to a new study.
BIOS Releases Part II of Climate Change Report
February 28, 2023
On February 16, 2023, BIOS published the second half of a two-part report on the local impacts of climate change in Bermuda. The new report, titled “Climate Change and Bermuda, Part II: Impacts and Societal Risk” was produced by the Bermuda Airport Authority’s Dr. Mark Guishard, a BIOS adjunct scientist and former Director of the Bermuda Weather Service, with the support of lead donor HSBC Bermuda.