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Purdue’s study says Indiana has seen a 15% annual increase in precipitation since 1895, which is about an extra 5.6 inches each year. While the rainfall accumulation will not fall evenly across ...
Climate change in Indiana encompasses the effects of climate change, attributed to man-made increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, in the U.S. state of Indiana. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, "Indiana's climate is changing. Most of the state has warmed about one degree (F) in the 20th century.
In 2003, as lobbying over the 1997 Kyoto Protocol intensified, efforts by the Bush administration to remove climate reconstructions from the first Environmental Protection Agency and Jim Inhofe's Senate speech claiming that man-made global warming is a hoax both drew on the Soon and Baliunas controversy. [17]
Guam's climate is moderated by east to northeast trade winds through the year. The average annual rainfall for the island is 86 inches (2,200 mm). [74] There is a distinct dry season from January to June, and a rainy season from July to December. [75] Typhoons frequent the island, which can lead to excessive rainfall. During El Niño years, dry ...
In the hottest year on record, the fingerprints of a changing climate in a warming world were all over dozens of extreme weather events in 2023.
These numbers show that awareness of global warming was increasing in the United States. [300] A Gallup poll showed that 62% of Americans believe that the effects of global warming were happening in 2017. [301] In 2019, Gallup poll found that one-third of Americans blame unusual winter temperatures on climate change. [302]
Hoosiers are encouraged to keep a watchful eye on the weather this year. Here are three maps from NOAA on what Indiana can expect. Winter 2023-24: Three maps from NOAA to help predict what's in ...
Older Peron warm and wet, global sea levels were 2.5 to 4 meters (8 to 13 feet) higher than the twentieth-century average 3900: 5.9 kiloyear event dry and cold. 3500: End of the African humid period, Neolithic Subpluvial in North Africa, expands Sahara Desert 3000 – 0: Neopluvial in North America 3,200–2,900: Piora Oscillation, cold