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Article: Midwest floods: scientists link extreme weather patterns with global warming.(FLOODS AND CLIMATE CHANGE)(Cover story)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- July 11, 2008
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On June 19, the day President George Bush and presidential hopeful Barak Obama, in separate trips, toured flood-ravaged areas in Iowa and Illinois, the U.S. Climate Change Science Program released the most comprehensive government assessment yet of the consequences of global warming for North America.
The conclusion: Rains heavier than normal, hotter heat waves, longer droughts and fiercer tropical storms "are attributable to human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases." In short, we may be bringing the extreme weather on ourselves.
The report, "Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate," synthesizes more than ...