Welcome to the new (and improved) American Dustbowl. This is really chapter two of one of my key aggravations. Regular readers will recall yesterday's rant about the shortsightedness of some critics of climate change. Follow that link and catch up. Then, consider this from USA Today.
"Dust Bowl" drought driven by global warming will be the normal climate of the future for the American Southwest, report climatologists. "We're essentially moving the desert further north," says Mingfang Ting of Columbia University, co-author of a study released Thursday by the journal Science. By 2020, rain estimates show "very unusual" agreement among climate projections, with the Southwestern states facing permanent drought. That would worsen already arid conditions in Las Vegas, Phoenix and other locales dependent on [...]
UPDATE: Almost forgot that this report was due out today. Right on time and right on target with predictions.
UN Panel Issues New Dire Warnings on Global Warming
Climate experts issued their starkest warning yet about the impact of global warming, ranging from hunger in Africa to a fast thaw in the Himalayas, in a report on Friday that increased pressure on governments to act. More than 100 nations in the U.N. climate panel agreed a final text after all-night talks during which some scientists accused governments of watering down conclusions that climate change was already under way and [...]
Tags: Climate Change, Global Warming, Dust Bowl, Southwest, Las Vegas, Pheonix, Colorado River
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