This is what climate change looks like - drought, unprecedented
wildfires, freak storms and severe heat. The evidence continues
to mount that the strange and extreme weather the nation and
world is encountering in this second decade of the 21st century
is not just some quirky deviation from the norm. Rather it is a
signal that global warming is now generating substantial weather
pattern changes and could be accelerating. "This is what global
warming looks like at the regional or personal level. The extra
heat increases the odds of worse heat waves, droughts, storms
and wildfire," said University of Arizona geosciences professor
and atmospheric sciences professor Jonthan Overpeck, speaking to
the Associated Press. While the largest and most severe national
heat wave in recent memory has abated somewhat, below average
precipitation conditions or official drought persists in three-
quarters of the country. Extreme drought conditions exist across
the top corn-growing states, including Indiana, Kentucky and
Ohio. T