Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Climate change the cause of summer's extreme weather, Congress told

Guardian: Drought, wildfires, hurricanes and heatwaves are becoming normal in America because of climate change, Congress was told on Wednesday in the first hearing on climate science in more than two years. In a predictably contentious hearing, the Senate's environment and public works committee heard from a lead scientist for the UN's climate body, the IPCC, on the growing evidence linking extreme weather and climate change. "It is critical to understand that the link between climate change and the...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/aug/01/climate-change-extreme-weather-congress

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