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Article: Atmospheric Scientist Offers View of a Changed West Virginia
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- The State Journal
- Article date:
- February 9, 2007
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Warmer winters, hotter summers and more frequent, longer droughts: That is some of what West Virginia could be in for if the Earth continues to warm, according to climate change analysts.
"The West Virginia that people are used to, that they grew up in, that their parents grew up in, it's not going to be the same place their children grow up in," said Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist in the Department of Geosciences at Texas Tech University.
Hayhoe's mid-range climate projection of Great Lakes states suggests that West Virginia's summers may become more like those in Arkansas or Kansas by the end of the century. She coordinated the report for the Union of Concerned Scientists and ...