New report warns of disasters

The study by researchers at [Only Registered users can see links . Click Here To Register...], in the mid-western state of Indiana, and at the [Only Registered users can see links . Click Here To Register...], Italy, appears this week in the US-based Proceedings of the National Academies of Science.

The study, authored by Noah S. Diffenbaugh and others, gives specific projections for separate regions in the US by comparing weather patterns from 1961 to 1985 to anticipated weather patterns from 2071 to 2095.

The scientists expect the amount of carbon dioxide in the air to double over the next 100 years, causing the US Southwest to become drier and hotter, the Gulf Coast to become warmer with more intense but less frequent rainfalls, and the boiling, humid 37-degree-plus temperature of Washington DC that is now experienced on only 18 days a year to prevail for a full two months in the summer.

The study shows how greenhouse gasses that trap heat inside the earth's atmosphere will interact with local geographical features to form extreme weather patterns toward the end of the 21st century.

The study appears at a propitious time. Experts have linked the unusually active and destructive Caribbean hurricane season and increased water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico, where the lethal [Only Registered users can see links . Click Here To Register...]was spawned in August before swamping New Orleans.

Previous studies on the topic have been dismissed by US President George W. Bush, who has refused to join the Kyoto treaty on [Only Registered users can see links . Click Here To Register...]. The agreement calls for member countries to reduce industrial emissions.

The scientists differentiated their predictions for separate regions.

"One of the difficulties in preparing for climate change is getting the spatial nuances," said Diffenbaugh in a statement.

"Now we have projections for the whole lower 48 (US states) with the kind of spatial detail that matters for a power supplier, or a water utility, or a wine maker."

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Well what do yo expect from the world biggest polluter - USA. Now they are getting the rewards of all their ignorance to not do anything about global warming like most of the rest of the world! Although they will be passed soon by India & especially China and those 2 countries have refused too to reduce any emissions either so its all going to get worse till we are choking in it all lol