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But the scientific evidence currently is too thin to blame Katrina and other hurricanes on carbon dioxide emissions. And environmentalists may risk embarrassment if they exploit the theoretical link to promote their causes. (…) Most researchers, however, think that increase (in hurricanes’ severity and frequence in the Atlantic) has nothing to do with global warming. Those who study tropical cyclones say that Katrina was part of a natural cycle of angry storms that will batter North America for decades.

A Slate relembra o que quase todo mundo já está cansado de saber: culpar o aquecimento global pela onda de furacões no Atlântico Norte é puro wishful thinking. E aqueles que realmente temem o efeito das emissões de CO₂ no clima planetário, talvez encontrem consolo em saber que existe uma solução potencial para o problema, mas falta quem acredite neste o suficiente para tentar solucioná-lo.