Posts Tagged ‘Hurricane Irene’

Framing Irene

So maybe Hurricane Irene’s middle name should be “harbinger,” instead? From the NYT’s Justin Gillis: The scale of Hurricane Irene, which could cause more extensive damage along the Eastern Seaboard than any storm in decades, is reviving an old question: are hurricanes getting worse because of human-induced climate change? The short answer from scientists is that they are still…Continue Reading…

Climate Link Makes Landfall Ahead of Irene

The climate science community must have let out a collective groan after reading this opening line from Bill McKibben’s Daily Beast column: Irene’s got a middle name, and it’s Global Warming. If that sounds familiar, then you’ll remember this from Ross Gelbspan six years ago: The hurricane that struck Louisiana and Mississippi on Monday was…Continue Reading…