A few highlights from our weekend reading: Supertyphoon Haiyan and Superstorm Sandy "would not have been as severe in a world without warming," writes Michael Mann, in calling for action on climate change. "The bottom line is this: climate change makes tropical storms more damaging." Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia, predicts that America's next political movement will be an "environmental revolt." Will a mix of extreme storms, droughts, and heat waves provide the tipping point? From their recent experience with weather extremes, most Americans living in conservative states like Texas and Oklahoma acknowledge the problem and support action, new research by Prof. Jon Krosnick at Stanford finds -- while their denialist representatives in Congress lag behind. Continue reading
