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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Yes, Climate Change Contributed To Superstorm Sandy

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 06:20 AM PST
As Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast last week, meteorologists and climate scientists were repeatedly asked to explain what role climate change played in amplifying the storm. Overall, we know that climate change has stacked the deck so that this kind of event happens more frequently. That answer, however, prompts a deeper, more unsettling question that many want to know: is climate change worsening some recent extreme weather events like super storm Sandy?http://theenergycollective.com/josephromm/139771/yes-climate-change-contributed-superstorm-sandy?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29

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