Jessica Weinkle, Ryan Maue and Roger Pielke, Jr. Paper Referenced In Washington Post
 A paper by recent CSTPR grad Jessica Weinkle, along with Ryan Maue and Roger Pielke, Jr., was referenced in a Washington Post article “Everything you need to know about ‘super typhoons’” by Brad Plumer. Plumer writes, “Last year, three researchers at the University of Colorado and the Naval Research Laboratory did their best to reconstruct a worldwide database for hurricanes or typhoons that made landfalls between 1970 and 2010. Their conclusion? ‘The analysis does not indicate significant long-period global or individual basin trends in the frequency or intensity of landfalling [tropical cyclones] of minor or major hurricane strength.’” Read more...
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CSTPR’s Jessica Weinkle was awarded a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies in December. Her research focused on the insurability of the hurricane risk with particular attention given to the use of science by different interests. Jessica studies the science and politics of insurance with special attention given to public insurance programs used to manage catastrophic risk. Her work considers the role of science and catastrophe modeling in meeting public goals of risk insurability and affordability. Jessica works in partnership with the catastrophic insurance company and Lloyd’s syndicate, ICAT. 
