Climate Change Linked to Typhoon Haiyan

As another tropical storm bears down on the Philippines just days after Typhoon Haiyan devastated parts of the region, the country’s climate change commissioner has issued a passionate plea for a global deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Climate scientists and policymakers offer differing opinions on whether the devastation in the Philippines is the latest evidence of global warming. Scientists say Typhoon Haiyan is one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall....

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