Yohe: NYC will ‘Feel like Savannah’ in Coming Century

David PesciNovember 18, 20101min
Climate change will bring a deep-south weather to the Northeast in the coming years

In a story in The Fiscal Times that examines if recent extreme weather is a phenomenon or a result of global warming, Gary Yohe, Huffington Foundation Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies, says that cities will have to prepare for different types of climates in the coming years. In particular, he says that New York City and cities in the Northeast will take on the type of climate currently associated with the deep south.