Climate Extremes May Become The Norm

Record snowpack, followed by record rain fall that led to record flooding on the Missouri River, followed by months of dry weather may become more of a repeating pattern in the future for the northern plains.  Steven Hamburg, chief scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund, says as the climate changes, more extremes can be expected…

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Hamburg says climate changes are becoming more apparent in the environment…

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Hamburg says the biggest changes could come in the lack of predictability…

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(courtesy WNAX Yankton)