# Are Hurricanes Connected to Global Warming?

*Published:* 2008-09-05
*Author:* Sheryl Canter

![Sheryl Canter](http://environmentaldefenseblogs.org/climate411/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2008/07/sheryl_canter.jpg)[![Hurricane Gustav - August 31, 2008](https://blogs.edf.org/climate411/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2008/09/gustav_2008_august_31_290px.jpg)](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Gustav_2008_August_31.jpg "Hurricane Gustav - August 31, 2008")Have Hurricanes Gustav and Hanna gotten you thinking about the possible link between hurricanes and climate change?

Check out our [hurricane and clilmate change overview](http://edf.org/page.cfm?tagid=486) for the straight facts from EDF climate scientists. And Peter Black shares [eye-opening maps](http://blogs.edf.org/climateatlas/2008/09/04/hanna-and-ike/ "maps related to hurricanes hanna and ike") over on ClimateAtlas.

*This post is by Sheryl Canter, an online writer and editorial manager at Environmental Defense Fund.*