Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Wildfire, heat wave: Is it climate change?

Orange County Register: As wildfires devour acreage across the West and a heat wave broils in the East, the question seems natural: Are we feeling the effects of global warming? Scientists still answer cautiously. No single weather event, they say, can be linked directly to global climate change. But some researchers have begun to draw a broader connection between sweltering temperatures, tinder-dry forests and a warming planet. While direct links are still elusive, the statistics, they say, reveal climate change...

URL: http://sciencedude.ocregister.com/2012/07/03/wildfire-heat-wave-is-it-climate-change/173626/
Enclosure: http://sciencedude.ocregister.com/files/2012/07/NASAtempmap580.jpg

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