weather prediction
Jan
30
2024
Sep
3
2017
A two-panel editorial cartoon published September 3, 2017, depicts a lab-coated figure first holding a sign labeled Harvey showing a hurricane and stating it is impossible to tie any single extreme weather event to global warming. In the lower panel the same figure gestures toward an image of Earth marked with a hurricane, fire and smoke while noting that global warming can be used to forecast more extreme weather events overall. The work appeared days after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas and triggered catastrophic flooding. It addresses the scientific debate over event attribution that intensified during the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season.
