Will Climate Change Get Some Respect Now ?

In the article "Will Climate Change Get Some Respect Now?" talks about how climate change is real and getting worst. Democrats and Republicans are really trying to avoid the subject in this campaign but hurricane sandy brought up the topic. Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York told President Obama "We have a 100-year flood every two years now". Hurricanes date back all the way to 1804 but scientists believe that rising carbon emissions could make extreme weather like hurricane sandy. We should watch out for several reasons. Computers suggest that hurricanes won’t be more frequent, but they may become stronger. "The intensity of these storms is likely to increase in this century". Climate change adds moisture to the atmosphere, which may mean that storms come with more rain and more flooding. Rising seas create higher normal sea height for future storm surges. The New York City Panel on Climate Change has projected that coastal waters may rise by two feet by 2050 and four feet by the end of the century. "For the extreme hot weather of the recent past, there is virtually no other explanation than climate change" James E. Hansen recently wrote. There are no easy solutions, but we may need to invest in cleaner energy, impose a carbon tax or other curbs on greenhouse gases, and, all above, rethink how we can reduce the toll of a changing climate. We should and been should have did something about climate change. Not sure if they don’t believe in climate change, don’t care about it, or just don’t have a solution to it but something needs to be done or we all just going to regret it in the long run.