Hurricane damage to forests: Scientists study impacts on carbon cycle

There was twice as much destruction in the years prior to 1900 because there were more hurricanes and much larger forested areas.

Weigel : The Kochs Fail PR 101

And there was quotable gold like this:

Koch says he’s not sure if global warming is caused by human activities, and at any rate, he sees the heating up of the planet as good news. Lengthened growing seasons in the northern hemisphere, he says, will make up for any trauma caused by the slow migration of people away from disappearing coastlines. “The Earth will be able to support enormously more people because a far greater land area will be available to produce food,” he says.