"The consequences of climate change are now hitting the United States on several fronts, including health, infrastructure, water supply, agriculture and especially more frequent severe weather, a congressionally mandated study has concluded."
"A draft of the U.S. National Climate Assessment, released on Friday, said observable change to the climate in the past half-century 'is due primarily to human activities, predominantly the burning of fossil fuel,' and that no areas of the United States were immune to change.
'Corn producers in Iowa, oyster growers in Washington State, and maple syrup producers in Vermont have observed changes in their local climate that are outside of their experience,' the report said."
Deborah Zabarenko reports for Reuters January 11, 2013.
SEE ALSO:
"Draft U.S. National Climate Assessment Report Released for Public Review" (Climate Science Watch)
"Expanding the Climate Change Conversation" (OSTP blog/John P. Holdren & Jane Lubchenco)
"Letter: Climate Change and the American People" (NCADAC)
"Draft US Climate Assessment Released for Review" (Nature News)
"National Climate Assessment Repeats The Obvious: We Need Climate Action Now" (NRDC Release)
"US Scientists in Fresh Alert Over Effects of Global Warming" (Guardian)
"Report: Climate Change Triggers Extreme Weather Events" (Politico)
"Climate Change Set To Make America Hotter, Drier and More Disaster-Prone" (Guardian)
"Climate Assessment Delivers a Grim Overview" (Los Angeles Times)
"Major Report Warns Climate Change Could Raise Temperatures By 10 Degrees" (Hill/E2 Wire)
Source: Reuters, 01/14/2013
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