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Global Warming Tied to Risk of Weather Extremes
Posted by Associated Press: Malcolm Ritter on July 11th, 2012
Associated Press: Last year brought a record heat wave to Texas, massive floods in Bangkok and an unusually warm November in England. How much has global warming boosted the chances of events like that? Quite a lot in Texas and England, but apparently not at all in Bangkok, say new analyses released Tuesday. Scientists can't blame any single weather event on global warming, but they can assess how climate change has altered the odds of such events happening, Tom Peterson of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
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Study links global warming to Texas heat waves
Posted by Associated Press: Malcolm Ritter on July 10th, 2012
Associated Press: New research suggests that global warming increases the chances of heat waves in Texas, like the one that hit the state last year.
The government also confirmed Tuesday that 2011 was among the 15 warmest years on record.
Texas had record heat and drought last year. Part of the problem was a weather pattern called La Nina, which contributed to drought across the South. Scientists in Oregon and England used computer simulations to estimate how much more likely such Texas heat waves are because...