Climate Prof. Michael Mann: ‘Direct Connection’ Between Global Warming, Hurricanes

RUSH EXCERPT:

MANN: "There is a direct connection. Too often we hear the problem framed as did climate change cause this storm. Did it cause this hurricane. That’s not the right way to think about it. The question is is climate change amplifying the impacts of these hurricanes. It absolutely is."
REPORTER: "Mann explains that as arctic ice, the world’s refrigerator has melted, that has accelerated the overall warming of the planet. The world’s oceans have warmed by more than 1 degree fahrenheit. It allows more moisture into the atmosphere making hurricanes stronger with more potential to flood. The vast majority of climate scientists agree that without significant cuts to carbon admissions temperatures will continue to climb and problem only continue to get work."
MANN: "I like to use the analogy we’re stepping out on to a mine field."