Denying Hurricane Harvey’s climate links only worsens future suffering | Dana Nuccitelli

The variables in the climate change formula are mitigation, adaptation, and suffering. Denying the problem loads up on the suffering.Human-caused climate change amplified the damages and suffering associated with Hurricane Harvey in several different ways. First, sea level rise caused by global warming increased the storm surge and therefore the coastal inundation and flooding from the storm. Second, the warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor, which intensifies extreme precipitation events lik