Seeing Irene as Harbinger of a Change in Climate

Seeing Irene as Harbinger of a Change in Climate

Mon August 29th, 2011
by Justin Gillis for the New York Times

Irene - image: NASAThe scale of Hurricane Irene, which caused extensive damage along the Eastern Seaboard yesterday, has been reviving an old question: are hurricanes getting worse because of human-induced climate change? Read what Kerry Emanuel had to say about this question in this New York Times article.

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