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Grass isn't greener anywhere because of global warming

Lewis Diuguid

Lewis Diuguid

The Kansas City Star

It is not a surprise that the normally lush lawns that people enjoy in the spring are looking as if they’re getting a July heat beat down now.

The United States is closing out its hottest spring on record, according to federal officials. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports that March, April and May in the lower 48 states were the hottest on record by a full two degrees.

Rainfall is way below normal. The first five months of this year have been the warmest in U.S. weather history.

This continues a trend of temperatures for years remaining unusually high, adding fuel to ice melts, rising oceans and other global warming threats.

If we dare look ahead, we can expect to sweat a lot more and pay a lot higher cooling bills this summer.

Comments

  1. 11 months, 2 weeks ago

    No it is not Kay, It is about human behavior impacting - in clearly observable fashion - weather.

    Would you claim that arsonists in forests were just helping the natural burning of undergrowth ? I mean it happens naturally so surely an individual or two helping out is just part of the natural course of events, right ?

    UN Agenda 21 ? Are you one of those people who think you can turn the world back to Wally Cleaver days ?

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