Saturday, November 3, 2012

Sandy, rising seas fuel future climate concerns

USA Today: Haven't we been here before? A hurricane devastates a major coastal city, and a debate over climate change comes in like the tide. Will the warnings about sea-level rise in the wake of Hurricane Sandy wash away like the concern seen after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005? Or has the tide finally risen too high to ignore? "Our climate is changing," said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a political independent, in a statement on Thursday. Bloomberg endorsed President Obama's...

URL: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/vergano/2012/11/03/bloomberg-climate-sandy-sea/1677463/
Enclosure: http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/USATODAY/GenericImages/2012/10/31/sandy10310003-4_3_r560.jpg?f061b7ce9937c38b702e6f308816ac2a14e2a4ec

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