United States: How Climate Change Exacerbated the Drought

National Public Radio: Last year, Texas suffered the worst single-year drought on record. It resulted in nearly $10 billion dollars in losses to crops, livestock and timber in Texas, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In a new report from NOAA, "State of The Climate," the agency suggests that thanks to climate change, Texas is likely to see more extreme heat waves and dry spells like it did last year. Twenty times more likely, in fact. Computer simulations from scientists in...

URL: http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2012/07/11/how-climate-change-exacerbated-the-drought/
Enclosure: http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/bams-sotc/2011/webinar-briefing-slides.pdf