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Link between tornadoes and global warming is complicated
Posted by Courier-Journal: James Bruggers on March 19th, 2013
Courier-Journal: We keep hearing scientists tell us that we can expect more potent storms as part of climate change brought on by global warming.
But what about tornadoes?
It`s complicated and uncertain.
After deadly tornadoes last March ripped through the eastern part of the United States, hitting Kentucky and Indiana especially hard, there was some speculation that global warming might have been at least partly to blame.
"As spring moves up a week or two, tornado season will start in February instead...
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Climate coverage still down from past years
Posted by Courier-Journal: James Bruggers on January 2nd, 2013
Courier-Journal: Extreme weather, drought and melting polar ice helped drive media coverage of climate change in 2012, but overall, the amount of coverage declined 2 percent, according to an analysis by The Daily Climate`s Douglas Fischer.
In a report published today, found here, Fischer writes:
Widespread drought, super-storm Sandy, and a melting ice cap failed to revive the media`s interest in climate change in 2012, with worldwide coverage continuing its three-year slide, according to a media database maintained...
United States: Weather shifts force farmers to try different crops, cultivation methods
Posted by Courier-Journal: James Bruggers on December 23rd, 2012
Courier-Journal: While some of them still aren’t convinced that humans are to blame, farmers across the nation — including those in Kentucky and Indiana — increasingly acknowledge that they’re having to deal with the consequences of climate change.
“Every day we get up, put our shoes on and watch the weather,” Spencer County farmer Scott Travis said during a break while driving a soybean harvester this fall.
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