Since they entered office, they have tried to enhance the risk of the sort of devastation on display in Texas. Scientists are habitually cautious about attributing a single weather event to the long-term increase in global temperature that human beings have begun, and they cannot say with reasonable certainty that climate change caused Hurricane Harvey. It seems likely that an increase in North Atlantic hurricanes is linked to climate change, but scientists cannot confidently rule out some other factor. “ Wetter skies mean more intense rain.”Dickinson, Tex., residents tried to help a neighborhood underwater Aug. 28, following historic rainfall brought by Hurricane Harvey. Houston is an example of what happens when public officials ignore experts and refuse to take natural risks seriously.

Source: Washington Post August 30, 2017 00:56 UTC