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On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
Climate change may not cause hurricanes but warmer ocean water can make them more powerful.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of climate change on natural disasters.

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