The Science of Cyclones

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5-7-2008 3:46 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cc74a1df-45ea-4bb5-bed7-f7e1d782080e/B1059DA1-36E3-4B8E-967C-84C1CD2F0D74/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/06/986522.aspx" href="http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/06/986522.aspx" style="font-size: 11px;">cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/06/986522.aspx"><P>The <A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24478247/">catastrophic cyclone</A> that hit Myanmar hints at the shape of things to come in a warming world — but probably not for the reason you think. Chris Mooney, the author of <A href="http://www.stormworldbook.com/">"Storm World,"</A> argues that the tragedy says more about the sad state of infrastructure in the developing world than it does about the raw impact of climate change. However, shifts in climate will likely accentuate that global rich-vs.-poor split.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/06/986522.aspx"><P>Mooney has been focusing on the intersection of science and politics for years - in his Weblog, aptly titled <A href="http://www.scienceblogs.com/intersection/">"The Intersection,"</A> as well as in his first book, <A href="http://www.waronscience.com/home.php">"The Republican War on Science."</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/06/986522.aspx"><P>"Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics and the Battle Over Global Warming" traces more than a century of often-sharp disputes over climate science. Mooney, who grew up in New Orleans, was moved to delve deeply into the subject by <A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9107338/">Hurricane Katrina</A>, one of the most politically charged storms in U.S. history.   </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B1059DA1-36E3-4B8E-967C-84C1CD2F0D74/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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