Connecting the dots on 2016’s extreme summer weather and global warming
When it comes to our climate, everything is connected. And there has never been a year, and most especially a summer, that has so prominently and destructively showcased this.*
Right **w, wildfires are blazing across the drought-stricken western United States, overpowering firefighters in California. Earlier this summer, the already scorching Middle East saw all-time record heat. Meanwhile, from huge swaths of China to at least four states in the U.S., devastating flooding has inundated homes and uprooted lives.*
And we still haven’t arrived at the peak of hurricane season
The extreme weather events we’ve seen — and are still living through — around the world collectively bear the fingerprints of human-caused global warming. So, too, does the bevy of monthly heat records that have fallen so frequently that the news stories an**uncing them almost write themselves. Read more...
08-19-2016, 06:28 PM
Connecting the dots on 2016’s extreme summer weather and global warming
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