Thursday, January 24, 2013

In perceiving climate change, feeling the heat counts

PhysOrg: Human beings around the world are observing and accurately detecting changes in their local climates, according to a new study led by Yale University researchers. The finding provides the first global evidence for the phenomenon and could have meaningful implications for attempts to combat climate change, they said. "We wanted to see if people have accurately detected the signal of a changing climate through their own local experience," said Peter D. Howe, a postdoctoral associate at Yale and...

URL: http://phys.org/news/2013-01-climate.html
Enclosure: http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/2013/inperceiving.jpg

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