June 24
The United States and North America likely will see more weather extremes
including floods, droughts, intense hurricanes and unusually warm weather in
the years ahead, government scientists recently warned.
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program, which consists of scientists from
13 federal agencies, issued a report June 19 warning that as carbon dioxide
and other greenhouse gases build in the atmosphere, North America will see
greater incidents of extreme weather.
They made public their predictions as President Bush prepared to announce
plans for making about $2 billion in federal aid available to victims of
devastating floods in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri.
Occurrences of extreme weather already are on the increase, said Tom Karl,
director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationīs National
Climatic Data Center and one of the reportīs authors.
"We are now witnessing and will increasingly experience more extreme weather
and climate events," Karl said.
Contact Waste News senior reporter Bruce Geiselman at (330) 865-6172 or
bgeiselman@crain.com
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