Long hot summer of fire and floods fit predictions
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 05:28
in Earth & Climate
By CHARLES J. HANLEY 2010-08-12T10:09:36Z NEW YORK (AP) -- Floods, fires, melting ice and feverish heat: From smoke-choked Moscow to water-soaked Pakistan and the High Arctic, the planet seems to be having a midsummer breakdown. It's not just a portent of things to come, scientists say, but a sign of troubling climate change already under way....