“Recent extreme weather events are likely connected to man-made climate change.”
That was the conclusion government scientists reached in a July, 2012 report issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
In the report, which was based on 50 years of weather data, scientists said the record drought in Texas in 2011 was made “roughly 20 times more likely” because of manmade climate change, specifically pointing to warming that comes from greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide.
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