Friday, June 29, 2012

West's wildfires a preview of changed climate-scientists

Reuters: Scorching heat, high winds and bone-dry conditions are fueling catastrophic wildfires in the U.S. West that offer a preview of the kind of disasters that human-caused climate change could bring, a trio of scientists said on Thursday. "What we're seeing is a window into what global warming really looks like," Princeton University's Michael Oppenheimer said during a telephone press briefing. "It looks like heat, it looks like fires, it looks like this kind of environmental disaster ... This provides...

URL: http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL2E8HSHDB20120629

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