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Extreme drought, food shortages, civil unrest. Some say Texas' future is filled with those realities.
Global warming, although still called a hoax by some, is virtually accepted as fact by scientists.
But what about Texas warming?
Advocate reporter Tara Bozick is digging into a story about the effects of global warming on the Lone Star state.
San Antonio Bay, for example, has warmed in the last 25 years. That's not debatable. Whether the warming is part of a natural cycle is a debate, however.
Tara interviewed the author of a book dedicated to exploring Texas warming. The book hits stores this fall.
The author, John Nielsen-Gammon, a state climatologist, says that without greenhouse gases, the warming of the bays could be deemed cyclical.
But greenhouse gases are documented. The gases have tripped weather models, and Nielsen-Gammon is determining warming effects on Texas while considering the effects from the gases.
What do you make of Texas...
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