Hoppe says that even when the role of rising population in storm paths is removed from the accelerating trend in losses, climate change emerges as a clear factor in the increased losses.
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As co-author of the 2005 National Academy of Sciences report "Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future, " Richardson called for the U.S. to ensure it remains globally competitive in science and technology.
Today, when I got back to Twitter, I was quickly able to see the vast devastation down in New Jersey and to wonder at the impact of what seems to be a new pattern of storm surges and rising waters in the New York region.
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Water may become contaminated by a major storm, and a rising sea level can contaminate wells.
As the Phil Mickelson brouhaha underscored, poor economics and rising tax rates can cause a perfect storm.
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Most of the rescues occurred in Galveston County, where rising water and other effects of the storm began hours before expected landfall early Saturday.
Louisiana's rising toll brings the total number of deaths from the storm to 1, 033.
There will undoubtedly be wrangling between insurance adjusters, homeowners and the feds over what water damage was due to the storm, and what is attributable to the rising flood.
Such aerosol-induced clouds, however, would have silver linings if they formed near a hurricane because the rising air that created them would carry away heat that would otherwise be sucked in to fuel the storm.
The problem is, as sea level rises, storm surges become more dangerous and more frequent, and sea levels along the northeast Atlantic coast are rising faster than most anyplace on earth.
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The destructive flooding caused by the storm Sandy, which struck the U.S. East Coast in late October, revived anxieties about rising ocean levels in heavily populated coastal regions.
Recession or not, the U.S. is now engulfed in somewhat of a "perfect storm" of economic problems: A rapidly falling dollar, inflation, gummed-up credit markets and rising home foreclosures.
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