| Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report |
| Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=45611"><span class="small">Lisa Friedman, The New York Times</span></a> |
| Tuesday, 08 August 2017 13:38 |
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Friedman writes: “The average temperature in the United States has risen rapidly and drastically since 1980, and recent decades have been the warmest of the past 1,500 years, according to a sweeping federal climate change report awaiting approval by the Trump administration.”
Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report08 August 17
The draft report by scientists from 13 federal agencies, which has not yet been made public, concludes that Americans are feeling the effects of climate change right now. It directly contradicts claims by President Trump and members of his cabinet who say that the human contribution to climate change is uncertain, and that the ability to predict the effects is limited. “Evidence for a changing climate abounds, from the top of the atmosphere to the depths of the oceans,” a draft of the report states. A copy of it was obtained by The New York Times. |
he average temperature in the United States has risen rapidly and drastically since 1980, and recent decades have been the warmest of the past 1,500 years, according to a sweeping federal climate change report awaiting approval by the Trump administration.