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What’s the link between our warming planet and our extreme weather?

February 8, 2012

A wildfire near Bastrop, Texas, in September 2011 caused more than $300 million in damage and destroyed more than 1,600 homes. It was the most destructive fire in state history. The United States endured a record 14 disasters in 2011 that each inflicted at least $1 billion in damage, according to NOAA (http://www.noaa.gov/extreme2011/). (Wikimedia photo by Ancalagon66.) A new National Center on Atmospheric Research (NCAR) web site titled “Weather on Steroids” explores the connection between all the unusual weather and climate change. Getting a handle on the true changes due to global warming requires massive statistical and scientific analyses.