The reality of climate change

Letter to Editor by Bob Scheelen, Medford Mail Tribune, September 12 2017

While the U.S. is understandably focused on the destruction by Harvey in Houston and across the Southeast, weather disasters (many attributable in part to climate change) are occurring across the world.

Just a partial tally: 100,000 homeless from flooding in Nigeria, severe drought in many parts of the Mideast (which significantly contribute to regional conflicts), 1,200 dead and millions affected by flooding across Southeast Asia.

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