Good Article on Global Warming

OK, due to time constraints, I wasn't able to start my 14-part series on the dangers of global warming. So in its place, I'll simply refer you to this MSNBC piece on the subject.

The article starts out by noting that the occurrence of two storms like Katrina and Rita in the same season is either a mere coincidence or an indication of a huge problem that is only going to get worse:

Scientists say one season, even like this one, cannot indicate anything about climate change. But those same measurements show that in the past 50 years the oceans have gotten one degree warmer. That may not sound like much, but the experts say it is a lot of energy.

Indeed, recent studies show that, worldwide, the number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes has doubled with that one degree change and that’s a source of worry.

“At the moment we’ve only warmed up one,” says Dr. Stephen Schnieder, a climatologist at Stanford’s Institute for International Studies. “What happens when we warm up three or five degrees — which is projected in the next several decades to the end of the century?”

In other words, it sounds like we'll soon be in need of a few more hurricane categories above level 5.