USA Today: A small scientific study linking Texas wind farms to higher surface temperatures has led to dramatic media headlines about wind farms causing climate change. Yet its lead author doesn't say that nor does earlier research. The study, published online this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, used satellite data to analyze land surface temperatures near a few large wind farms in Texas from 2003 through 2011. It found a night-time warming effect over the farms of up to 0.72 degrees Celsius...
URL: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2012/05/study-of-a-wind-farms-impact-on-climate-causes-stir/1?csp=34news
Enclosure: http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1505.html
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