Monday, July 29, 2013

Left-wing journalism/politics major Kate Sheppard: CO2 might make flooding like Sandy's 5,000 times more likely by 2100

Flood, rebuild, repeat: Are we ready for a Superstorm Sandy every other year? | Grist
Odds that New York City will see flooding like Sandy’s again next year are 1 in 10,000. But if scientists’ worst-case sea-level predictions hold, by 2100 those odds will be 1 in 2...On a warmer-than-it-should-be spring morning, I meet Chris West

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