Climate change questions reach fever pitch in Washington after hurricanes

摘要

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have churned up more than just flood waters as the Trump administration continues to be questioned about whether the pair of destructive storms can be attributed to climate change. Many prominent climate scientists have already made the link, suggesting that warmer waters in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic contributed to the ferocity of the storms, which made landfall in Texas and Florida. In addition to Harvey and Irma, Hurricane Jose continues to languish in the Atlantic, and Katia struck the Gulf Coast of Mexico, a country already reeling from a strong earthquake that hit Sept. 5.