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Good Science Goes Unpunished" A Last Thursday, marked the official start of hurricane season. Experts predict that there will be 17 storms resulting in nine full-blown hurricanes this year. And some point to global warming as a cause for bigger and stronger storms like Hurricane Katrina which devastated the Gulf Coast last year. The United Nation's International Panel on Climate Change estimates that temperatures will rise by 10 degrees by the next century. The organization also predicts that rainfall will increase 20% in wet regions, causing floods and decrease 20 % in dry regions causing draughts. Yet many fear that the U.S is as unprepared as ever to address these potential disasters even after the experience of Hurricane Katrina. They point out that government has done little to stop the destruction of wetlands or development along coastal areas which are factors that transform storms into major human catastrophes. |
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