Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the present. Corn producers in Iowa, oyster growers in Washington State, and maple syrup producers in Vermont are all observing climate-related changes that are outside of recent experience. So, too, are coastal planners in Florida, water managers in the arid Southwest, city dwellers from Phoenix to New York, and Native Peoples on tribal lands from Louisiana to Alaska. This National Climate Assessment concludes that the evidence of human-induced climate change continues to strengthen and that impacts are increasing across the country. Americans are noticing changes all around them. Summers are longer and hotter, and extended periods of unusual heat last longer than any living American has ever experienced. Winters are generally shorter and warmer. Rain comes in heavier downpours. People are seeing changes in the length and severity of seasonal allergies, the plant varieties that thrive in their gardens, and the kinds of birds they see in any particular month in their neighborhoods. Other changes are even more dramatic. Residents of some coastal cities see their streets flood more regularly during storms and high tides. Inland cities near large rivers also experience more flooding, especially in the Midwest and Northeast. Insurance rates are rising in some vulnerable locations, and insurance is no longer available in others. Hotter and drier weather and earlier snow melt mean that wildfires in the West start earlier in the spring, last later into the fall, and burn more acreage. In Arctic Alaska, the summer sea ice that once protected the coasts has receded, and autumn storms now cause more erosion, threatening many communities with relocation. Scientists who study climate change confirm that these observations are consistent with significant changes in Earthâs climatic trends. Long-term, independent records from weather stations, satellites, ocean buoys, tide gauges, and many other data sources all confirm that our nation, like the rest of the world, is warming. Precipitation patterns are changing, sea level is rising, the oceans are becoming more acidic, and the frequency and intensity of some extreme weather events are increasing. Many lines of independent evidence demonstrate that the rapid warming of the past half-century is due primarily to human activities. http://nca2014.globalchange.go...ts/overview/overview Some Republican members of Congress have contended that the science of global warming is a hoax perpetrated by a global conspiracy of climate scientists, a point of view Mr. Obama has mocked as comparable to belief in a flat earth. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/science/earth/climate-change-report.html?hp
Nine maps that show how climate change is already affecting the US The last Cosmos was pretty interesting: Finally, 'Cosmos' Takes On Climate Change
Many lines of independent evidence demonstrate that the rapid warming of the past half-century is due primarily to human activities. Really? Which "lines of independent evidence" show that? Everything in that article is anecdotal. Show me ONE study that shows conclusively that manmade activity is the PRIMARY source of "climate change".
Once the public catches on to the scam, the swindlers think they can re-fool them by changing the name. Again.
Weather forecast on Weather Channel yesterday was saying our weather is controlled by El Nino and La Nina.... said something about El Nino perhaps being stronger this year and make much of the US have a cooler summer.
It's not a scam. Do you know what a greenhouse gas is? Do you know CO2 is one? Do you know we have raised it's levels by 40%. Huh? Do you? Any logic going on in that "brain" of yours?
Dissenting Scientists Label White House Climate Report As âPseudoscienceâ http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/06/d...limate-report-as-pseudoscience/#ixzz312bm0L5a