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Ten days after Cyclone Nargis the official death toll rose to 32,000 people and is estimated to reach 100,000 people. An additional 1,5 million people have been "severely affected". There is scientific data to suggest a clear link between climate change and tropical storm activity, and we need to take responsibility and help the victims.
While there is still some debate whether climate change is going to dramatically increase tropical cyclone activity, there is a clear link between storm activity and ocean temperature. It is certain that the warmer the sea, the more powerful the storm.
According to Scientific American, hurricane researchers using records dating back to 1855 have uncovered an ongoing rise in the number of Atlantic hurricanes “that tracks the increase in sea surface temperature related to climate change”.
Since this date of recording, the number of tropical cyclones have more than doubled and scientists conclude that “there has been an average of one additional tropical cyclone for each 0.1-degree Celsius increase in sea surface temperature and one hurricane for each 0.2-degree Celsius rise".
The last really big cyclone to hit South-East Asia was Bangladesh in 1991 with 143,000 people killed and less than a year ago, cyclone Sidr killed three thousand people and left 250,000 homeless in the same impoverished country.
Now it’s Burma, with a population already suffering under a strict military regime. May 12th, ten days after the disaster, the official death toll rose to 32,000 and the U.N. estimates that the death toll could reach as high as 100,000 people. The U.N. also says that 1,5 million people have been "severely affected" with up to 1 million people who are estimated to have been displaced by the cyclone.
It’s time for the rich part of the world to take responsibility through a carbon tax or better a "climate disaster tax" that goes to restoring the damage caused:
- Write your minister and tell him/her it's time to discuss a carbon tax that includes money for disaster relief.
And extend a helping hand to the victims NOW:
- Donate through the DEC, the Red Cross or your local charity today!
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