Secret DNR report details warming dangers in SC COLUMBIA — South
Carolina’s wildlife agency gathered a team of scientists more
than a year ago to study what could happen if temperatures in
the state continue to warm, but have never released their
report. A draft of the committee’s findings determined that if
temperatures rise in the South by 9 degrees as projected by some
over the next 70 years, South Carolina would see more beach
flooding and invasion of non-native species such as piranha and
Asian swamp eels, according to a draft of the report obtained by
The State of Columbia. One scientist involved in the initial
work on the report for the Department of Natural Resources said
there were political concerns whether readers of the report
would accept that global warming was happening and was a danger.
“There were concerns about the political nature of it,” Barry
Beasley said. But the new DNR director said the report needs
more work before it is released. The agency also is busy with
other environmental matte