Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Great Floods Aren't a Fluke -- They're a Taste of a Changing Climate

Click here to access article by Bill McKibben from Huffington Post.
In Pakistan, Australia and now the center of the North American continent, we're getting a powerful taste of what global warming feels like in its early stages. (And if for some reason you've decided not to believe scientists, then ask the people we pay to analyze risk in our society: In September, one of the largest reinsurance companies in the world, Munich Re, said that "the only plausible explanation for the rise in weather-related catastrophes is climate change.") 
I guess I have to apologize for my criticism of Huffington Post in yesterday's edition of my blog.