Wednesday, August 15, 2012

How hot is it? Climate change settles in for the long haul

Washington Post: Excuse me, folks, but the weather is trying to tell us something. Listen carefully, and you can almost hear a parched, raspy voice whispering, "What part of 'hottest month ever' do you people not understand?" According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, July was indeed the hottest month in the contiguous United States since record-keeping began more than a century ago. That distinction was previously held by July 1936, which came at the height of the Dust Bowl calamity that...

URL: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2018894366_robinsoncolumn12xml.html

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