Philippines Typhoon Link to Climate Change

The destruction in the Philippines from Typhoon Haiyan is unfathomable. Walls of water, winds of fury, mudslides. Desolation. Death count is in the thousands and still rising.

It was the worst storm on record to hit the islands. The cause? Scientists argue that greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming are partly to blame, a by-product of a highly civilized, fossil-fueled world.The worst offenders: the U.S. and China.

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