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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStudy: Global warming has improved weather patterns in the United States (for now)
Since Americans first heard the term global warming in the 1970s, the weather has actually improved for most people living in the U.S. But it won't always be that way, according to a new study.
Research shows Americans typically and perhaps unsurprisingly like warmer winters and dislike hot, humid summers. And they reveal their weather preferences by moving to areas with conditions they like best.
A new study in the journal Nature has found that 80% of the U.S. population lives in counties experiencing more pleasant weather than they did 40 years ago.
Virtually all Americans are now experiencing the much milder winters that they typically prefer, and these mild winters have not been offset by markedly more uncomfortable summers or other negative changes, write Patrick Egan, a political scientist at New York University, and Megan Mullin, professor of environmental politics at Duke University.
Its hard to complain about sunny days, but the researchers foresee a problem. If Americans think climate change has benefited their lives so far, theyll have little motivation to demand action or overcome apathy in responding to global warming, the scientists write.
By the end of the century, however, the study predicts the pleasant weather trend to reverse as summers heat up to uncomfortable temperatures.
Research shows Americans typically and perhaps unsurprisingly like warmer winters and dislike hot, humid summers. And they reveal their weather preferences by moving to areas with conditions they like best.
A new study in the journal Nature has found that 80% of the U.S. population lives in counties experiencing more pleasant weather than they did 40 years ago.
Virtually all Americans are now experiencing the much milder winters that they typically prefer, and these mild winters have not been offset by markedly more uncomfortable summers or other negative changes, write Patrick Egan, a political scientist at New York University, and Megan Mullin, professor of environmental politics at Duke University.
Its hard to complain about sunny days, but the researchers foresee a problem. If Americans think climate change has benefited their lives so far, theyll have little motivation to demand action or overcome apathy in responding to global warming, the scientists write.
By the end of the century, however, the study predicts the pleasant weather trend to reverse as summers heat up to uncomfortable temperatures.
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-climate-change-weather-america-20160420-story.html
And this will make it even harder to convince people that change is needed.
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Study: Global warming has improved weather patterns in the United States (for now) (Original Post)
davidn3600
Apr 2016
OP
People DO think change is needed, but congress is stacked with pro-business puppets
killbotfactory
Apr 2016
#3
bjo59
(1,166 posts)1. Especially as we Americans are widely known to be so short sighted.
WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)2. Irises are blooming now instead of May
it's crazy. I expect a sweltering summer with humidity in the 90s too.
killbotfactory
(13,566 posts)3. People DO think change is needed, but congress is stacked with pro-business puppets
Congress allows small lower population states dominated by big industries to have a disproportional influence on US policy, and they are holding us hostage and dooming the world, so the obscenely rich can get more obscenely rich.