Monday, May 7, 2012

Global warming heats up tornado debate

New Scientist: LAST year was a particularly deadly year for tornadoes in the US, with the second highest death toll in 137 years. Already this year, major outbreaks have killed 63 people. All eyes are now on May, when the season usually peaks, amid talk in some quarters of another year of extremes. The result is that discussion about human influences on severe thunderstorms and tornadoes has been reignited. Such discussion is not new. It seems that, following every major tornado event in the last decade, the...

URL: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428637.100-global-warming-heats-up-tornado-debate.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=climate-change
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