Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Whether climate change was responsible for changing Hurricane Sandy's path that sent it on a left turn into mid-Atlantic states and inland is open to scientific debate. Scientists remain uncertain whether melted Arctic ice caused the autumn high-pressure system in the North Atlantic, which sent Sandy westward, causing an estimated $50 billion in damage with the U.S. death toll topping 80. But climate-change scientists generally agree that the sea levels that have risen by a foot over the past...
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