<div>"Global warming of the past 50 years is due primarily to human-induced increases in heat-trapping gases, according to the report."</div>
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<div>My tongue in cheek subject heading (Religion of "Global Warmers" Church's New Sermon)<a name="54659"> </a>apparently distracted from the scientific assessment of climate change on extreme weather events in North America, just released, by the US Climate Change Science Program. And agree or not, this is based on science, not religion.</div>
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<div>I discovered that the University of Idaho is listed in the author credits in a related report from the US Climate Change Science Program, as "J. Michael Scott, U. S. Geological Survey and University of Idaho." He is a professor in the College of Natural Resources with a Phd. in Zoology, as the URL below indicates:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.cnrhome.uidaho.edu/fishwild/Scott">http://www.cnrhome.uidaho.edu/fishwild/Scott</a></div>
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<div>He is listed in the author credits for <a href="http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-4/final-report/default.htm">Final Report of Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.4</a> (Preliminary review of adaptation options for climate-sensitive ecosystems and resources) at the URLs below:</div>
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<div><a href="http://downloads.climatescience.gov/sap/sap4-4/sap4-4-final-report-FrontMatter.pdf">http://downloads.climatescience.gov/sap/sap4-4/sap4-4-final-report-FrontMatter.pdf</a></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-4/final-report/default.htm">http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-4/final-report/default.htm</a></div>
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<div>URLs below regarding the new scientific report on climate change on extreme weather in North America, also from the US Climate Change Science Program. The bottom URL highlights four related reports on climate change from the USCCSP:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080619_climatereport.html">http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080619_climatereport.html</a></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/images/climatetable.jpg">http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/images/climatetable.jpg</a></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap3-3/final-report/default.htm">http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap3-3/final-report/default.htm</a></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.climatescience.gov/">http://www.climatescience.gov/</a></div>
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<div>From URL at top of four grouped above:</div>
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<h2>Scientific Assessment Captures Effects of a Changing Climate on Extreme Weather Events in North America</h2></div>
<div>June 19, 2008</div>
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<div>The <a href="http://www.climatescience.gov/">U.S. Climate Change Science Program</a> and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research today released a scientific assessment that provides the first comprehensive analysis of observed and projected changes in weather and climate extremes in North America and U.S. territories. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change previously evaluated extreme weather and climate events on a global basis in this same context. However, there has not been a specific assessment across North America prior to this report.</div>
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<div>Among the major findings reported in this assessment are that droughts, heavy downpours, excessive heat, and intense hurricanes are likely to become more commonplace as humans continue to increase the atmospheric concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases.</div>
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<p>Global warming of the past 50 years is due primarily to human-induced increases in heat-trapping gases, according to the report. Many types of extreme weather and climate event changes have been observed during this time period and continued changes are projected for this century. Specific future projections include:</p>
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<li>Abnormally hot days and nights, along with heat waves, are very likely to become more common. Cold nights are very likely to become less common.
<li>Sea ice extent is expected to continue to decrease and may even disappear in the Arctic Ocean in summer in coming decades.
<li>Precipitation, on average, is likely to be less frequent but more intense.
<li>Droughts are likely to become more frequent and severe in some regions.
<li>Hurricanes will likely have increased precipitation and wind.
<li>The strongest cold-season storms in the Atlantic and Pacific are likely to produce stronger winds and higher extreme wave heights. </li></li></li></li></li></li></ul>
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<div> Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</div></blockquote><br>