New state report: The climate crisis is coming home to roost in NC
Story Date: 3/16/2020

 

Source: Lisa Sorg, NC POLICY WATCH, 3/13/20


Hot days, warm nights. Heavy rains, no snow. A greater risk of wildfires and hurricanes, droughts and floods. Released this week, the 236-page North Carolina Climate Science Report paints a dim picture of the new normal that will likely unfold through the century’s end. “Even under a scenario where greenhouse gas emissions peak around 2050 and decline thereafter, North Carolina will experience substantial changes in climate,” the report reads.

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