As the South picks up the pieces after powerful tornadoes ripped through the region this week, killing more than 300, some searching for an explanation are pointing to climate change. But scientists tell Ian Yarett the evidence is lacking.
The string of tornadoes that ravaged the South this week broke records, killed more than 300 people, and left many searching for an explanation of nature's wrath. Could climate change be to blame?
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It's easy to understand the speculation. Associating changes in global climate with severe weather events seems logical enough, and some scientists have even pushed such a theory in the blogosphere. Supporting evidence, however, is lacking. "The issue of climate change and extreme events is a bit like catnip," says Roger Pielke Jr., an environmental studies professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder. "It's very attractive,...
The string of tornadoes that ravaged the South this week broke records, killed more than 300 people, and left many searching for an explanation of nature's wrath. Could climate change be to blame?
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Haunted Symbol of New Orleans
Gallery: The Tornadoes' Devastation
It's easy to understand the speculation. Associating changes in global climate with severe weather events seems logical enough, and some scientists have even pushed such a theory in the blogosphere. Supporting evidence, however, is lacking. "The issue of climate change and extreme events is a bit like catnip," says Roger Pielke Jr., an environmental studies professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder. "It's very attractive,...
- 4/30/2011
- by Ian Yarett
- The Daily Beast
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