Global Warming Reports
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| 7/24/2007 | |
| The temperature is getting hotter here in Iowa, thanks to global warming. Environment Iowa Research & Policy Center's newest report, Feeling the Heat, shows that average summer temperatures were 3.5 degrees higher in 2006 in Des Moines, Dubuque, Waterloo and Sioux City over the averages for 1971 to 2000. | |
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| 12/4/2007 | |
| Scientists expect that global warming will cause a variety of changes to precipitation patterns in the United States. Many areas will receive increased amounts of rain and snow over the course of a year; some areas will receive less. But scientists expect that, all across the country, the rainstorms and snowstorms that do occur will be more intense – increasing the risk of flooding and other impacts. | |
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