In November 2012, superstorm Sandy slammed into the East Coast, claiming dozens of lives and causing billions in damages to the US economy. Lower Manhattan at night, otherwise a hub of around the clock activity, was dark, silent, and flooded. That image, reminiscent of a Hollywood disaster movie, was captured on the front page of Bloomberg Businessweek, which carried the poignant headline “It’s Global Warming, Stupid”.
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