With the damage caused last week by the massive storm system responsible for deadly tornadoes, including the one that struck Moore, Okla., some media outlets have raised the issue of climate change, investigating whether there could be a link between recent tornado activity, and this storm system in particular, and a warming climate.

A “News Watch” article on National Geographic's website, for example, opens, “Hours after a powerful tore through an Oklahoma suburb, killing dozens, some renewed speculation about such storms' connection to climate change.”

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