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    	<h1 id="pageTitle">Hurricane Harvey</h1>
        
        <div class="authorTime"><span class="authorLink">by <a href="http://extremeweather.columbia.edu/author/jrabinowitz/" title="Posts by Jaclyn Rabinowitz" rel="author">Jaclyn Rabinowitz</a> | </span>August 30, 2017</div>
        
<div class="autoCategories">Category: <a href="http://extremeweather.columbia.edu/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></div>        
        		<p>Many Columbia University scientists and experts have published articles and have been quoted in numerous media reports on Hurricane Harvey and its disastrous impacts in Texas. We have put together a list of some of these articles and reports, and will be updating the list as more appear and we become aware of them.</p>
<p>Written:</p>
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<li><a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2017/08/31/11-questions-hurricane-harvey-raises-about-climate-change-law-and-policy/#.WahQwcNWsE8.twitter"> 11 Questions Hurricane Harvey Raises About Climate Change Law and Policy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://fortune.com/2017/08/29/hurricane-harvey-global-warming/" target="_blank">Climate Change Didn’t Cause Hurricane Harvey, but It Made It Worse</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechange/2017/08/31/climate-law-issues-related-to-hurricane-harvey/" target="_blank">Climate Law Issues Related to Hurricane Harvey</a></li>
<li><a href="http://energypolicy.columbia.edu/publications/commentary/katrina-harvey-storm-resilience-age-shale" target="_blank">From Katrina to Harvey: Storm Resilience in the Age of Shale</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2017/09/01/how-will-scientists-find-out-whether-climate-change-made-hurricane-harvey-worse/" target="_blank"> How Will Scientists Find Out Whether Climate Change Made Hurricane Harvey Worse?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cityandstateny.com/articles/opinion/hurricane-harvey-and-superstorm-sandy-lessons.html" target="_blank">Learning from Harvey and Sandy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://adamsobel.org/2017/08/25/mandatory-harvey-evacuations-are-justified/" target="_blank">Mandatory Harvey evacuations are justified</a></li>
<li><a href="http://fortune.com/2017/08/28/hurricane-harvey-houston-trump-response/">The Biggest Test Trump Faces With Hurricane Harvey</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/28/opinions/houston-after-harvey-sobel-opinion/index.html" target="_blank">Why Harvey&#8217;s devastation is so severe </a></li>
</ul>
<p>Video Appearances:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://climateandlife.columbia.edu/2017/09/05/how-will-scientists-find-out-whether-climate-change-made-hurricane-harvey-worse/" target="_blank"> How Will Scientists Find Out Whether Climate Change Made Hurricane Harvey Worse?</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Television Appearances:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/climate-change-make-recent-extreme-storms-worse/" target="_blank">Did climate change make recent extreme storms worse?</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Radio Appearances:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.wnyc.org/story/global-warmings-role-hurricane-harvey/" target="_blank">Global Warming&#8217;s Role in Hurricane Harvey</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Quotes:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2017/08/30/climat-harvey-met-un-vent-a-trump_1593125" target="_blank"> Climat : Harvey met un vent à Trump </a></li>
<li><a href="http://gantdaily.com/2017/08/28/did-climate-change-impact-hurricane-harvey/" target="_blank">Did climate change impact Hurricane Harvey?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.livescience.com/60269-did-climate-change-intensify-harvey.html" target="_blank">Did Climate Change Intensify Harvey&#8217;s Catastrophic Effects?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/30/16214212/harvey-extreme-weather-science" target="_blank"> Harvey is part of a pattern of extreme weather scientists saw coming. They&#8217;re still shocked.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2017/08/25/how-did-hurricane-harvey-become-so-powerful-so-quickly/" target="_blank">Harvey raises red flags on infrastructure, climate planning</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2017/08/25/how-did-hurricane-harvey-become-so-powerful-so-quickly/" target="_blank"> How did Hurricane Harvey Become so Powerful, so Quickly?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2017/08/29/hurricane-harvey-and-climate-change-there-connection/609046001/" target="_blank">Hurricane Harvey and climate change: Is there a connection?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mic.com/articles/184133/hurricane-harvey-is-another-reason-why-we-cant-be-complacent-about-climate-change-any-longer#.GiLB99reK" target="_blank">Hurricane Harvey is another reason why we can’t be complacent about climate change any longer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.popsci.com/hurricane-harvey-is-not-over" target="_blank">Hurricane Harvey is far from over</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/08/30/katrina-sandy-harvey-the-debate-over-climate-and-hurricanes-is-getting-louder-and-louder/?utm_term=.f5dcd4b20999" target="_blank"> Katrina. Sandy. Harvey. The debate over climate and hurricanes is getting louder and louder </a></li>
<li><a href="http://now.eloqua.com/es.asp?s=2531&amp;e=541158&amp;elq=b6e52440f6a444c39f93950b9d5f6f67&amp;elqaid=4359&amp;elqat=1&amp;elqTrackId=b8dd3405ab344b288acef47af0765615&amp;linkId=41713666" target="_blank">Nova Lens: Harvey</a></li>
<li><a href="https://af.reuters.com/article/africaTech/idAFL2N1LF21N" target="_blank">Q&amp;A: What made Harvey one of the wettest storms in U.S. history?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2017/08/29/recovery-from-hurricane-harvey-could-take-15-years/" target="_blank"> Recovery from Hurricane Harvey Could Take 15 Years</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/08/28/want-to-be-mad-about-a-government-insurance-program-be-mad-about-the-one-that-will-be-critical-to-cleaning-up-from-harvey/?deferJs=true&amp;outputType=default-article&amp;utm_term=.6d727bc6d8b1" target="_blank"> Want to be mad about government insurance? Be mad about the program that will be critical after Harvey. </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-30/harvey-shows-how-planetary-winds-are-shifting" target="_blank">Why Harvey Is Stuck Near Texas</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/08/what-makes-a-storm-deadly/538221/" target="_blank">What Makes a Storm Deadly? How Harvey Compares to Katrina, in terms of Lethality</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.marketplace.org/2017/08/28/life/where-should-we-house-people-during-natural-disaster" target="_blank">Where to house people during a natural disaster?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/wmo-expert-team-statement-hurricane-harvey" target="_blank"> WMO expert team statement on Hurricane Harvey</a></li>
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