General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGovernment climate report warns of worsening US disasters
The National Climate Assessment was written long before the deadly fires in California this month and before Hurricanes Florence and Michael raked the East Coast and Florida. It says warming-charged extremes have already become more frequent, intense, widespread or of long duration. The report notes the last few years have smashed U.S. records for damaging weather, costing nearly $400 billion since 2015.
The recent Northern California wildfires can be attributed to climate change, but there was less of a connection to those in Southern California, said co-author William Hohenstein of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
A warm, dry climate has increased the areas burned over the last 20 years, he said at a press conference Friday.
The report is mandated by law every few years and is based on more than 1,000 previous research studies. It details how global warming from the burning of coal, oil and gas is hurting each region of the United States and how it impacts different sectors of the economy, including energy and agriculture.
Climate change is transforming where and how we live and presents growing challenges to human health and quality of life, the economy, and the natural systems that support us, the report says.
https://apnews.com/f9732784135c4f4a8963daff79e2583e
dembotoz
(16,863 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
malaise
(269,212 posts)This administration is criminal and shameless