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Kansas Liberty: 24 July 2008
If so, how much? Two groups reach startlingly different conclusions
Will climate change impact Kansas?
Two purportedly scientific organizations have come to starkly different conclusions about the impact of climate change on Kansas.
A study released on Wednesday predicts that global warming could cost Kansas more than $1 billion in losses by 2017.
The study was performed by the University of Maryland’s Center for Integrative Environmental Research on behalf of the National Conference of State Legislatures.The study was financed in part by the Environmental Defense Fund, an environmental activist group.
It concluded that rising temperatures and reduced water supply would severely damage the agricultural industry in Kansas.
That is a starkly different conclusion that was reached only a few months ago by another group, the Science and Public Policy Institute.
SPPI concluded in a December 2007 study that rising temperatures would impact Kansas less than any other state
Other conclusions of the Science and Public Policy Institute:
- Kansans have neither experienced nor are predicted to experience negative effects from climate variations and trends;
- There have been no overall changes in temperatures during the past 75 years;
- Total precipitation has increased slightly, making more water available for all to use;
- The frequency and severity of drought has decreased;
- Kansan’s sensitivity to heat-waves has declined;
- The number of severe storms, such as tornadoes is relatively unchanged;
To read the studies, just follow the links:
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