Government report warns of more extreme weather from climate change
Articles — By forcechange on June 25, 2008 6:21 am
Having previously criticized the use of anecdotal evidence in climate change arguments, the report released last week by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program came as a welcome piece of analytical work. Led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Program’s report looked at more than 100 years worth of climate data in concluding that the United States is likely to face substantially more extreme weather events in the future as a result of continuing greenhouse gas emissions.
Specifically, the report confirmed the theory that the U.S. Southwest is likely to face more frequent droughts and that extreme downpours will more frequently plague other regions of the country, due to increased water vapor in the air. The Washington Post has a useful graphic here, illustrating some of the report’s main points, including: fewer cold days, more frequent hot days, more frequent heat waves, more frequent and intense downpours, more intense and frequent droughts, and possibly more intense hurricanes.
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