Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Huge hurricanes will become 10 times more frequent with just two degrees of warming

Daily Mail: Storm surges as devastating as those caused by Hurricane Katrina could happen 10 times more often if global temperatures rise by just two degrees, new research warns. An estimated 1,836 people lost their lives and millions more were left homeless by the cyclone, the worst to ever hit the U.S., after it submerged New Orleans and other Gulf of Mexico communities in 2005. Much of the devastation was caused by storm surges whipped up by fierce winds, which saw sea levels rise by between 24 and...

URL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2295305/Hurricanes-big-Katrina-10-TIMES-frequent-just-degrees-global-warming-study-warns.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

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