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(CNN) -- A map of significant climate events for the United States in June looks almost apocalyptic: hellish heat, ferocious fires and severe storms leaving people injured, homeless and even dead.
That followed a warm winter and early season droughts. News came Monday that the mainland United States experienced its warmest 12 months since the dawn of record-keeping in 1895.
And on Tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a report calling 2011 a year of extreme
The four classes of extremes -- high heat, heavy precipitation and floods, duration and intensity of droughts and extremes related to higher sea levels -- have changed in the last 50 years, Field said.
"Increasingly, we are loading the dice towards these very damaging kinds of extremes," he said.
But that's not to say every weather event is related to warming temperatures.
Originally posted by SloAnPainful
reply to post by Ben81
Ahhh you beat me to it Ben! Darn you!
Mods please close. Thank you!
(Thought I searched it and nothing came up )
-SAP-edit on 10-7-2012 by SloAnPainful because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by SloAnPainful
reply to post by adjensen
I wouldn't be complaining about that.
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With cooling temperatures in the South and Midwest, national attention has shifted to Arizona and California, where temperatures are well above 100. And the blistering heat has farmers fearful of losing their crops. FULL STORY | You believe in global warming now?