Media and the Climate

Paper Summary:

The paper looks at the article by Emanuel, Ravela, Vivant and Rish, entitled "A Statistical Deterministic Approach to Hurricane Risk Assessment" and the article by Joel Achenbach, entitled "Global warming Did It! Well, Maybe Not...". The paper analyzes these two articles regarding their content, their similarities and differences, as well as their impact on the reader.

From the Paper:

"Recently, there has been much talk about climate change, predicting the occurrence of hurricanes and trends in climate, and its impact on man's overall quality of life. With the recent disasters experienced from Hurricane Katrina, scientists are currently involved in developing methods to predict risks associated with these natural calamities. Scientists have recognized that climate changes result to expensive property losses, potential loss of thousands of lives, serious injuries, and massive destruction. Methods that aim to predict hurricanes risks based on wind speed and precipitation are being enhanced to warn the general population, and empower them to act before such disasters become a reality."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Achenbach, Joel. "Global Warming did It! Well, Maybe Not: We're stuck on the notion that climate change is the culprit every time a natural disaster strikes. But that's just muddying the waters." The Washington Post. 3 August 2008. 9 August 2008. < http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103014_pf.html >
• Emanuel, Kerry, Ravela, Sai, Vivant, Emmanuel, and Risi, Camille. "A Statistical deterministic approach to hurricane risk assessment." American Meteorological Society. (2006): 299-313.

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