Jul 052012
 
 Denver scientist on record summer heat: Well, this is a view of the future
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Judy Woodruff, with PBS’ Newshour, interviewed Kevin Trenberth, a senior scientist with the National Center for Atmospheric Research based in Denver, Colo., to discuss what’s been going on with the record heat that much of the U.S. has seen this summer.  He pretty much laid all of the unusual weather at climate change’s feet:

“Well, I think it’s — you know, you look out the window and you see climate change in action. This is the way it gets manifested.” (Trenberth, PBS Newshour)

Overall, Trenberth’s comments are pretty bleak, but take a look for yourself:

Watch What’s Causing Unusually Hot Temperatures in U.S.? on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.

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  • dragos111

    All the Global Warming wackos are coming out now and declaring the warmer temps as proof of Global Warming and Climate Change. The implication is that man is at fault and we need to restructure our taxes and such in order to solve the problem.
    Too bad they did not take the time to look around for something else. It is very easy to find many articles right now about unusual solar activity. The Sun is right now radiating extra energy at the Earth. Solar storms, CME’s, are firing directly at us. The extra energy arriving here is very easily measured. There is no discounting it.
    Our temps are warmer right now, not because of man’s effect on some trace gas in our atmosphere, but because the Sun, which drives our weather, is warming us more than usual. This is simple Cause and Effect. All the Cap and Trade and extra taxes and fees and donations to poor African countries will have no effect since this is NOT a man made problem and is NOT due to the popular, but totally incorrect, theory of Global Warming.