Title  Superstorm Sandy Is "What Global Warming Looks Like"

Author News Editor

Date October 30th 2012

This article is about the recent hurricane that affected the East Coast of the United States and how some claim that it is tied to climate change. The article begins with a description of the storms impact, including the fact that the death toll is at 50 with a predicted rise once search and rescue teams continue their work throughout the city. It then begins to describe how one group of scientists believes that the storm was caused by climate change. Their evidence being that with climate change the currents of the ocean are being affected meaning that the hot and cold air collisions that cause hurricanes are becoming more and more extreme. Also that hurricanes will begin to effect unlikely places more often, such as New York and the East Coast of the United States. Also part of the article is political. It talks about the amount of the money spent on the 2012 election and how that money could be better spent on the environment. Then the article talks about the opinion of Dan Kottlowski, an expert senior meteorologist with Accuweather. He disagrees with the idea that this storm was more damaging because of global warming. His explanation is that every 40 years the Atlantic Ocean goes through a warming cycle which causes storms to hit the East Coast like Sandy did this year. I think that it is vitally important to be sure that this storm was caused by global warming. If indeed it was this would be an incredibly effective way to show people what will happen if we do not stop climate change. For the vast majority of people climate change hasn't begun to fully change their surroundings, they can still question whether or not it is fact or fiction and procrastinate more and more with the work that has to be done.