Superstorm Sandy, a “perfect storm” that was caused by anunusual combination of seasonal weather phenomena converging abovethe Northeast, has stirred some conversation in the media aboutwhether the storm was caused, or made worse, by climate change.
Scientists have long warned about the risk of a deadly hurricaneover the Tri-State area, which would suggest Sandy could be anexpected weather event. But recent studies, including a report co-authored by MIT climate scientist Kerry Emanuel inFebruary 2012, note that climate change could combine withthe effects of storm surge to cause 100-year-flooding tooccur every two decades in New York, suggesting that an event likeSandy may be more than just a long-expected storm.
Insurance, climate and modeling experts weigh in on the roleclimate change may have played in Superstorm Sandy.
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