Impacts of Hurricane Sandy and the Climate Change Connection

This World Resources Institute fact sheet discusses the impacts of Hurricane Sandy and its relationship to human-induced climate change, framing the storm as an indicator of increasing vulnerability to extreme weather in the United States and globally.

• Hurricane Sandy demonstrated the vulnerability of the United States to extreme weather, resulting in expensive disruptions to critical infrastructure, businesses, and the livelihoods of individuals.
• There is increasing evidence that warming caused by human activity is contributing to a higher frequency and intensity of specific extreme weather events, such as coastal flooding, torrential downpours, and heat waves, with damages expected to worsen as the world warms.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Impacts of Hurricane Sandy and the Climate Change Connection. https://www.wri.org/research/impacts-hurricane-sandy-and-climate-change-connection

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Impacts of Hurricane Sandy and the Climate Change Connection. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/impacts-hurricane-sandy-and-climate-change-connection.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendimpacts, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Impacts of Hurricane Sandy and the Climate Change Connection}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/impacts-hurricane-sandy-and-climate-change-connection}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }