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Climate change is already affecting crops,
forests, water and wildlife. That’s according to
a new government report. Lester Graham reports:
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Climate change is already affecting crops,
forests, water and wildlife. That’s according to
a new government report. Lester Graham reports:
Climate change is not something that’s coming. It’s here, according to a report from the
U.S. Climate Change Science Program.
Peter Backlund is one of the chief authors of the new report.
“What was really striking was just how many different changes have been documented
and how much is changing more rapidly than we would have expected ten or fifteen
years ago. And we’re seeing widespread impacts sooner than we expected.”
The report basically says for every good thing climate change brings, there’s something
bad.
Faster growing crops, but more crop failures. Warmer winters mean livestock
survive better, but then hotter summers will be harder on the animals. And there are already
more forest fires and more insects killing trees.
For The Environment Report, this is Lester Graham.