that's greenland. they're just talking about it this morning in greenland, all these -- in fact, they talked about it during this hearing, too. let me mention this ipcc and remind everyone of something that people tend to forget. the ipcc is an intergovernmental panel on climate change. it was put together by the -- the -- the united nations a long time ago. it all started in 1992, went down to rio de janeiro, they had their big gathering down there to try to encourage everyone to pass the kyoto treaty. well, the kyoto treaty was never even submitted by the clinton-gore administration, although gore went down to thi this -- this big meeting in rio de janeiro. they had a wonderful time down there. at that time they're saying the world's coming to an end so we've got to pass the kyoto treaty to stop all that. well, it's the ipcc that i'll be very critical of because that is the science on which all of these things are based that we're dealing with today. so, so much for these things that were stated in t

hey, some bad news for greenland and potentially all of us. according to nasa, the ice covering greenland is melting, which is alarming because it could be a sign that global warming is happening much faster than anticipated. and also, because i had no idea greenland s a real place. apparently it totally is. normally, during the summer, about half of what they call the ice sheet melts away in greenland. this summer, the amount of ice went from 60% to 3% in only four days. which i don't know -- it can't be a coincidence that this happened on exactly the same weekend they released "magic mike" over there, can it? [ laughter ] i mean, wow. if you are going to the beach this summer, here is something to look out for. shark sightings are up this year in the united states, primarily in the states that border an ocean. [ laughter ] still no trouble in, like, north dakota, none, nothing. shark-wise. nobody knows for sure why, but some scientists are blaming seals. they say they are migrating closer to shore, which is forcing the sharks to come in clos

we are looking at this warm air that is blocked up in greenland that's keeping the heat at bay in thely hot air through the weekend. we have moderate temperatures around the midwestern states ... the days are getting shorter that promotes the cooler air. there is a high mold spore account but not at an advisory level moderate ragweed and pollen counts ... and please watch the u v a rays out there ... the thing that is bringing this cool air into eric carey allah is coming in this direction on the mapour area coming from this direction on the map ... for this afternoon mostly sunny and warm brief showers possible high temperature 80 degrees with a light northeast wind clouds tonight dogfog patches... isolated showers in spots tomorrow morning but expect gusty thunderstorms with a cold front on thursday ... we will reach 84 degrees before that arrives. remember last friday when we saw those water spouts out on lake michigan? we may see this again toward the end of this week we will keep out an eye out.... time for today's trivia question: the mola mola fish - seen here- is also known as

and this drought comes as this chart shows on the heels of reports out of greenland that ice is melting at an unprecedented rate it comes on the heels of reports that warming waters around the globe are killing off phytoplankton a bottom of the food chain organism that most sea life depends on eat it comes on the heels of an apocalyptic two thousand and eleven when we saw all mile long tornados freak storms never before seen flooding wildfires in droughts in one year we saw a record breaking ten weather catastrophes costing more than a billion dollars each more than seven hundred americans died from these storms ninety nine point nine percent of climate scientists are saying that this is a result of manmade climate change and even coke brother funded scientists like richard mohler are waking up to this inconvenient truth but as the king of big oil i'm resting come comfortably in my fortified mansion and looking into building a second or fifth mansion somewhere in the mountains to avoid rising sea levels this folks is predatory capitalism at its worst and if left unchecked our future is

>> take a look at what happens here, people on the boats that take the sites of a glacier off of greenland parts of that slips away and causes and many tsunami the boat could not get away fast enough and hit by the wave, no one was hurt the propeller and engine and staring on the boat were damaged. and they kept it rolling. youtube will have that shortly. a's fans getting their money's worth. >>> absolutely never a dull moment at oakland coliseum. the a's another extra inning no. today had this one come out? did the a's,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it happened again late last night at oakland coliseum the a's pulled off their 13th walk of wind. coco crisp it is sacrifice fly in the 15th. it gave the a's a 5-4 win over toronto. that meant another pie to the face to the hero. a nice twist there. that was at about midnight it got the a's a game an athlete in the wild-card race. what do we get from the a's today? another extra inning thriller. these fans wait 13 hours after last night's game and at a j. griffin lasted one inning before leaving with a shoulder issue. 17,000 watching second inning ac

. >>> look what happens here, a few people taken in the side of the glacier off of greenland, part of it slips away splashing into the ocean and it causes a many tsunami the boat cannot get away fast enough and hit by the wave. no one was hurt. the propeller and steering mechanism on the boat damaged. photographer snapped this photo of the moon rise beyond london's tower bridge the full moon in perfect sync with the olympic rings. >>> giants and a's kids gather round saturday sports minute ,,,, >>> baseball no an outfielder and cal alum signed to a minor- league contract with the giants he was released by the nationals late july. giants and rockies picked up or they left off last night. buster posey and a two run homer in the second period gave san francisco a 2-0 lead. and joe cabs off the four hit night. giants won an 11-6. more drama for the a's today. he blows the say for the second straight night. blue jays tied up. it goes to extras. in the 11th, the jays' winning 3-1. at two galt third round of the bridge down. he sinks the birdie putt. he's in second place one stroke back trai

-- where we see epic heat and drought, but in greenland.is clear day by day. we see record melts, snow turning to water and soaking up more of the sun's heat. it has been a ragged summer. the point of this piece in "rolling stone" which has gone kind of a viral, the point is, we know enough to know what the future hold unless we change fast. it points out that scientists have long told us if we want to stay below two degrees warming, which is what every government in the world, even the most conservative, have adopted as the bottom line, which can only bring 565 more gigatons of carbon. unfortunately, a new analysis by a bunch of u.k. financial analysts, show the fossil fuel industry and those countries that operate like the fossil fuel industry like venezuela or kuwait -- have in the reserves, 2795 gigatons of carbon in their coal and gas. it is still below ground, but economically, it is above ground. there are borrowing against it, share prices are based on it. unless we change things dramatically, we will overcome the climate system. >>

. >> was the global warming when they were (inaudible) greenland and a cathedral there and i believe the maya moved from the lowlands to the highlands and the anastazi came down to the salt river. >> yeah, a lot of the movement was based on climate. the anastazi were always moving. the whole thing about the disappearing anastazi, you go to where they are living and they disappear all of a sudden. but you follow them and find, oh, 10 years later they are over here and 70 years later they are over here. they are often being driven by these climate changes which on the colorado plateau, very small changes make you go. if you lose one inch of precipitation in one year, you got to get up to the mesas where there's a little more rain and then when the frost comes in too early, you got to get down to the desert. around 1276 or so the water was running out, the seasons were no good, and i think they just looked at their trade routes and said let's follow these and go south. they were always getting pushed around by the environment. . >> okay, thank you, craig, so much. thank you for coming.

six coaches between greenland and new man dennis allen. darren mcfadden touch the ball six times and picked at 38 yds and showed everybody he's at 100 percent. he completed 8 of 15 passes for 50 yds and interception cowboys beat the raiders 3-0 >>> amazing throws i don't know i learned from the film and play better thursday i will play well already >>> giants fan nationals. ryan vogelsang gets failed a bit six innings for the first time this season washington scored seven runs in the third. kurt suzuki of three run double nationals went 14-2 giants fall back into a tie for first place with the dodgers. who won. the giants' an interesting team to watch they will run 50 nothing then lose 14-2 jekyll and hyde. >>> but somebody is scoring runs at at&t part. ,,

they are images, from massive satellites, that show a huge piece of frozen earth in greenland on julyh and four days later, gone. it has thawed. tonight, we're going to take you to a rare trip to that region, the melting ice to find a truly mysterious creature the one that inspired tales of the unicorn. the kind of tale that needs human help. linsey davis went to find them in the arctic. >> reporter: i'm traveling to one of the most inhospitable places in the world the middle of nowhere baffin island deep inside the arctic circle. >> we're into our third hour of getting pulled by a snowmobile not another human being in sight. are we lost? >> reporter: this is the price of admission for a shot at seeing one of the most elusive creatures on the planet the narwhal. the naro. the so called unicorn of the ocean with that single tusk that can be up to 10 feet long it's rumored to live to 90, it's the stuff of fantasy. the problem is the arctic see ice is melting faster than any other. s exposing the narwhal to predators. the ice is disappearing beneath our feet. welcome to the edge of the w

be waking up to the dangers of fossil fuels which are accelerating global climate change ice in greenland is now melting in a president and president great excuse me and we're just coming off one of the worst if not the worst heat waves in our nation's history if we don't figure out a way to produce energy more responsibly in troubling times are ahead here's tom explaining why that is. this is phytoplankton basically giant clouds a little tiny plants that fill the oceans it's the bottom of the food chain meaning that if it collapses so too does all of their marine life it also produces about half of the oxygen in our atmosphere it's a kill off the phytoplankton and the world as we know it ends the bad news is we're killing off the phytoplankton back in two thousand and seven a study was done on the reproduction rate of fido plankton off the gulf of maine and scientists were alarmed to learn that the reproduction rate had decreased by a factor of five as in five hundred percent. as in the amount of phytoplankton that could be produced in a day now takes five days to produce and now a new s

this is ice breaking off a glacier north of greenland.nk of ice triggered a huge wave. listen to this thing. >> wow! wow! >> oh, i agree, sir. wow! it is amazing. the wave could have capsized the 18-foot boat. we're going to have to go back to des moines, iowa. presidential candidate, republican mitt romney is just about to take the podium to talk economy and most likely welfare, too. ♪ i was born free >> he's got a full house. the crowd seems to love him. they're clapping. you hear the music mieplplaying. let's listen. >> thank you. what a warm a welcome. good to be back. des moines almost feels like a second home. you know that? we get here, stay downtown and have a bit to eat at chantreau if we're lucky and enjoy the fine food and the hospitality and th warmth of the community. out's great being here. we are cognizant of the fact across the country of the impact of the drought and are concerned about what this is doing in the agriculture community and in various industries and employers that rely on agriculture and are looking for ways

this week we heard something like 97% of the greenland ice sheet is nelson to become melting. we have seen drought across the country. massive drought. food prices are shooting and expecting ocean levels to rise quite a bit exceeding the coast line. extreme weather getting worse and no policy and action. what is going on in the policy realm? why aren't policy makers doing something? why aren't people getting out of their suvs? mabey climate change isn't really happening. well, to some people it's not really happening because scientists are scam artists and if you listen and read and watch purchase of other media, this is repeated over and over and over again. the scientists are scanning you. dozens and dozens of news articles. it's not so people will wonder understand the issue of climate change it's that the eight with scientists and they don't believe in science any more. if we take our phase out of science completely, we might be in more trouble. so this is something that is right here, right now. it's upon the entire planet and its something that the media are confusing th

you may recall that a giant iceberg the size of manhattan island broke off a glacier in greenland.ting south and as early as today it could enter a narrow strait between greenland and canada getting too close to the shipping lanes. that is not a good thing. how do you get away from the iceberg. >> quickly. >> like the titanic. >> we know what happens when ships meet icebergs. >> they're in for the movie rights now. >> we have a lot of heat to deal with in the states. also the potential of, one of the by products of that heat, some stormy weather. down through parts of iowa and into south dakota and membnebra. trailing front, all of that hot and humid air adding to the instability. we'll be watching that and a lot of heat even up into the pacific northwest. plenty to deal with today. both coasts looking pretty bright. but it is hot for much of the country. that's a quick look at the national forecast. here's a closer look at the weather for your weekend. >> . >>> this weather segment sponsored by hershey's. hershey's makes it a shmore. you make it special. >>> the coast guard founde

michelle anderson owns greenland's new labor club in lancaster, england, and there she hosts a fund-raiser for martial arts trainer. >> ladies and gentlemen, let's get on with the action. >> we had an event for him to raise money so he could keep kids off the street, so he could get equipment for the gym. we also sold food and raised a lot of money. >> it was mainly to keep the interest in the gym, keep the gym busy, give everybody goals in the gym, to keep the younger generation busy as well. >> nightingale says his intent is to keep kids out of trouble, but what happens is widely seen as out of line. the opening match is a demonstration between one of his trainees and another fighter. both younger than 10. >> this fighter is just 8 years old. stands at 4'2" tall. put your hands together. and across the cage in the red corner, this fighter is 9 years of age and stands at 4'5" tall and weighs in at 25 kilograms. put your hands together. >> why should he not get the chance. >> in fact, ian's father, nick hartley, watched the two compete each other only a few weeks earlier. >> it was about f

this week we heard that 97% of the greenland ice sheet is melting. we are seeing drought across the country. massive drought. food prices shooting up. they expect ocean levels to really rise quite a bit receding the coast line. extreme weather getting worse and no policy action. y no policy action? why aren't policymakers doing something? why are people getting out of there suvs? maybe climate change isn't really happening. to some people that is not really happening. it is worse than not really happening because scientists are scam artists. if you listen and read and watch particular media this is repeated over and over and over again. scientists are scanning you. dozens and dozens of news articles. what do you think that does? not just that people no longer understand the issue of climate change. it is that they hate scientists and don't believe science any more. if we take our faith out of science completely we might be in some more trouble. .. >> so i think i'm going to close this by saying a few things. one is that there's several main media eff

series of pieces by a great authority on these matters, and this week you focus on the melting of the greenlandtly and sort of in terrifying fashion to those that watch it. but you also talk about, you know, how the world has sat idly by. for example, in 2009 in copenhagen, nobody did anything when it was sort of a pivotal moment and as dr. sachs mentions, here you have mitt romney who was also in iowa the other day talking about energy and was doubling down on coal and oil and gas. >> that's right. you've got extraction, you've got drilling, you've got the same old kind of, you know, plan at a time when the planet is literally before our eyes being transformed by our actions. one of the points that bill makes is the movement to mobilize against global warming has never really had a clear enemy because the movement has never been willing to say who's to blame here, and the oil lobby is really who's to blame here. those fossil fuel industries are what's killing us. bill points out in one of his articles that those industries hold so much carbon in reserve now, they have already got their hands o

>>justine: we heard about an earthquake in greenland. it is a 6.6 magnitude three we have not heard anything about damage or injuries. we will keep you updated. >> the president yesterday asked people to pray for those impacted by hurricane is it. >> it is important for all of us to let the people on the coast know that our thoughts are with you. fifthfifth our prayers are with furious we are born to make sure that we're doing everything that we need to do to ensure that the people down there are taking care of and have the support and love of the rest of this country. when things like this happen are no democrats or republicans, there are just americans and we stand by each other. >>darya: work on a future milpitas of our station is now under way. the station will be part of the extension connection to the south bay. it is the first phase of the 16 mi. extension project to san jose. construction will continue from 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. during the week. many station is expected to see at least 10,000 riders a day once it is finished. >> a

july 8, nasa announced that nearly all of greenland's massive ice sheet suddenly started melting. a freak event that surprised many scientists. .. a four years pass without making significant progress. we should expect present and future generations to judge all of us as neglectful delinquent stew woods of our nation if we don't take action. i appreciate you taking the time to listen to me but please don't wait to act. >> appreciate your testimony. i could say we saved the best for last but i won't do that. i appreciate all those that come and presented today. do the committee members have questions of ken? thank you so much. we appreciate you combing. well, my fellow committee members we've had a good day of insightful testimony and covers. and i know we all appreciate everyone who has come and presented to us. conversations like those that we've heard today are examples of what our president has been fighting for and why the democratic party prides itself being the party of change and inclusion. so at this point we will break are it the day so that we can come back in the mornin

. >> i hear greenland's nice that time of year. >> exactly. >> all right. >>> moving over to london nowrel. >> i don't -- >> the imagery is disturbing. >>> speaking of flying squirrels and all things olympic, prince william and kate getting all caught up in olympics fever and showing a very rare display of public affection. the most-watched couple in the world couldn't contain their excitement. and with prince harry beside them, they hugged and canoodled a bit to celebrate great britain winning gold in the men's team sprint, in london's velodrome. the prince and duchess have been cheering on the british athletes in equestrian, water polo, and fencing events. >> they're smiling and hugging, like the rest of us? >> and recycling clothes. >> i think she wore that at some other points. >> this just in. >>> and this just in. the flying squirrel, dan harris, starring in a new video to promote pet adoption, by the way, bravo. with the aspcs, along with a rescue cat named george. well, it has gone massively viral. yesterday, dan's acting debut with george hit the 1 million mark. 1 million views

some incredible video after 3 people in the waters off greenland are nearly crushed when a massive chunkks off before their very eyes. watch this. >> oh! shannon: the man behind that camera was acting as a translator for an australian citizen. he accelerated away from the wave but it did actually hit them. incredibly no one was injured. as scary as it was. one of the men said almost dying next to a glacier is something i would like to do again. listen in for a second. that's what i would i saying, maybe worse. investigators releasing police investigation video of a teen working as a doctor. [ man ] excuse me miss. [ gasps ] this fiber one 90 calorie brownie has all the deliciousness you desire. the brownie of your dreams is now deliciously real. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent survey, 95% of people who tried it agreed that it relieved their headache fast. visit fastreliefchallenge.com today for a special trial offer. : >> governor romney could be expensing the rockstar status that president obama got leading to the election in 2008

a glacier from greenland melting off the side of a cliff and causing the scare of a lifetime for a boatfulht now. >>> and good morning. thank you so much for joining me. i'm carol costello. we begin this morning in oak creek, wisconsin, the site of the weekend massacre at that sikh temple. for the third straight night, the community has bonded in its grief. and the vigil keeps growing larger. the police department is also on edge. the fear white supremacists might retaliate for the death of the temple gunman. cnn's brian todd is in oak creek, wisconsin. you witnessed the depths of those concerns first hand. describe that for us. >> reporter: well, carol, yesterday we had gotten the name of the officer who took down the shooter on sunday. we've gotten the name and the address of that person. we went to his house. we knocked on his door to see if he might want to talk to us. he declined, citing the investigation. but essentially when i got back to our car, our photo journalist and my producer were in the car. we had taken no footage of anything. they were sitting there. i got in the car. and

the glacier in greenland, which does melt over the summer, but usually takes the entire summer, melted in one day this year. the glacier on top of mount kilimanjaro will completely disappeared. these things will change entirely as the way the world is and will lead to mass extinctions. these are the only choices that are left? they studied and said it this issue was not dealt with by 2013, it was too late. it is 2013 now. this issue is not being dealt with. by 2052, there will be 82 degree change in the u.s. temperature. some people think that means nothing, but it means a foot rising in the ocean's levels. if you rise to levels of foot, you missed up the entire seacoast. this is the end of the world. nobody is doing anything about it. thank you. host: thank you. the national center for atmospheric research -- these are annual precipitation levels for 2050. here is the u.s. the darker the color, the less rain. you are able to see what they predict the u.s. will look like annually in precipitation levels in 30 years. we are talking about the extreme weather and your thoughts on the caus

nasa announced that nearly all of greenland's massive ice sheets suddenly started melting. a freak event that surprised many scientists. the ice melt area went from 40% of the ice sheet to 97% in four days, according to nasa. the science is clear, the planet is warming. it now requires honest, political leadership to solve the problem. i am not sure what the wake of side need to be to move forward to transform our energy system, but none of us should be proud of the pace we are making. i am asking the platform committee to support tax incentives for solar manufacturers and consumers, encourage you to consider passing aggressive national renewable energy standards to provide 25% of our win. in minnesota, which currently generates 13% of our power from wind, at least 10% of our energy from solar by 2013. we cannot wait another four years to pass without making significant progress. we should expect present and future generations to judge all of us as neglectful, the link with stewards of our nation if we do not take action. i appreciate you listening to me, but please do not

asia europe if you have a financial crisis people want to sell your currency so we are living to greenland terms of fiscal policy and we can get away with these deficits in and many countries could not. now how to deal with that. i think that does not change overnight because once again it will take another currency to be the dollar and people don't trust the euro any more. the japanese yen doesn't seem to be used around the world. the chinese r&d most people don't trust china in terms of their capital market and investment so we are going to an situation where i think we can afford to pay for it an dead if you will and a fairly low interest rate. that is why i was interested in hearing governor dean say we need this fiscal cliff sort of as a wake-up call and i think then the role is if we do have this fiscal contraction, the burden is on the federal reserve. monetary policy keeps economy going and that is a whole separate issue. >> let me just ask you, it is now 6:36 and we are going to finish at 6:30 but i would like to go to 6:45. is that okay for take a few moments? in the interest of

asia europe if you have a financial crisis people want to sell your currency so we are living to greenland in terms of fiscal policy and we can get away with these deficits in and many countries could not. now how to deal with that. i think that does not change overnight because once again it will take another currency to be the dollar and people don't trust the euro any more. the japanese yen doesn't seem to be used around the world. the chinese r&d most people don't trust china in terms of their capital market and investment so we are going to an situation where i think we can afford to pay for it an dead if you will and a fairly low interest rate. that is why i was interested in hearing governor dean say we need this fiscal cliff sort of as a wake-up call and i think then the role is if we do have this fiscal contraction, the burden is on the federal reserve. monetary policy keeps economy going and that is a whole separate issue. >> let me just ask you, it is now 6:36 and we are going to finish at 6:30 but i would like to go to 6:45. is that okay for take a few moments? in the interest

global temperature rises, less water is stored in snow pack and on the ice sheets of antarctica and greenland and higher temperatures cause water to expand to greater volume, so that leads to sea level rise predicted to range from 20 to 39 inches by the year 2100 with recent studies showing the numbers could be even higher due to expected melting of glaciers and ice sheets than we're seeing now. this is not a theory, we're into the realm of measurement. in in rhode island, long-term data from tide gauges in the sailing capital of newport show an increased average sea level of nearly 10 inches since 1930. at these same tide gauges, measurements show that the rate of sea level rise has also increased in the past two decades compared to the rate over the last century. consistent with reports that since 1990, sea level has been rising faster than the rate predicted by models used to generate the ipcc estimates. sea level rise is one thing. the increase in storm surges that accompany it is even worse and promises to bring devastation to our doorsteps. there is critical infrastructure in yatd risk

deed, under fdrs interpretation, iceland and greenland, which are 2,000 miles from the american coaste now part of the western hemisphere as much as boston or rio de janeiro. he then determines that this seas have to be defended. and again, he goes before the press and he says, if a rattle snake is poised to strike, you don't wait until i strikesup crush it before hand. what he means in effect is that american warships will go after german vessels who are in these waters that he is now declared the part of the western hemisphere. this becomes known as the shoot on sight policy. what he has done, he has declared an undeclared war against germany on the high seize the atlantic -- on the high seas of the it theric. by the -- on the atlantic. by the time of pearl harbor, roosevelt has seized the levers of american control of the american military as no president since abraham lincoln in the civil war. he revels in this role and is as comfortable as the old beatup fedora he wore as his trademark hat. at one point he is to introduced at an event by the secretary of state. he tells hall, don

asia europe if you have a financial crisis people want to sell your currency so we are living to greenland in terms of fiscal policy and we can get away with these deficits in and many countries could not. now how to deal with that. i think that does not change overnight because once again it will take another currency to be the dollar and people don't trust the euro any more. the japanese yen doesn't seem to be used around the world. the chinese r&d most people don't trust china in terms of their capital market and investment so we are going to an situation where i think we can afford to pay for it an dead if you will and a fairly low interest rate. that is why i was interested in hearing governor dean say we need this fiscal cliff sort of as a wake-up call and i think then the role is if we do have this fiscal contraction, the burden is on the federal reserve. monetary policy keeps economy going and that is a whole separate issue. >> let me just ask you, it is now 6:36 and we are going to finish at 6:30 but i would like to go to 6:45. is that okay for take a few moments? in the interest

nobody can predict with certainty what happens except that we know that the ice already melting in greenland and in the arctic will melt faster and disappear. as more water is exposed, that dark water subsumes more of the heat, the heat creates greater, more rapid melting, and that's exactly what scientists are seeing in the arctic and antarctic today, where whole blocks of ice the size of the state of rhode island have broken off and dropped into the sea and floated south to melt. mr. president, there are dozens of other examples of what has happened. i said i wouldn't go into all of them today. i just say to my colleagues please read and challenge the science, talk to the people who are the pure reviewers of these analyses because we have a responsibility here to future generations, to all of us to try to get this right. i have to tell you, mr. president, in the balance of right and wrong, i don't understand the judgment some people are making. we know this is a $6 trillion market as we know it, if we were to replace carbon the marketplace would move towards the new technologies and job cr

-- the greenland ice sheet melts which can raise sea levels that is accelerating also thanks to thisk the other key thing that people need to understand is that there's now emerging science that the loss of arctic ice is actually partly responsible for the tremendous amount of extreme weather that we're seeing here down in the united states. if you can believe it. >> bill: the warming -- i'm the last one to start talking science but my understanding is the warmer the water the more fierce the hurricanes can become right? because they depend on warmer waters to be able to pick that up and then as we're seeing with hurricane isaac. >> yes that's absolutely true. as the planet warms the oceans warm and that puts more water vapor in the atmosphere and what goes up must come down. these super storms, isaac is a lot like irene. it wasn't a powerful storm but it was big and slow-moving which meant it could suck in a huge amount of this extra water vapor in the atmosphere and then dump it. and that is exactly what isaac is doing. you know, irene which obviously slammed the east coast last ye