Science News for Kids » severe weather http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Wed, 22 May 2013 00:29:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Weird weather http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/global-warming-helped-trigger-heat-waves-and-droughts-last-year/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/global-warming-helped-trigger-heat-waves-and-droughts-last-year/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:31:36 +0000 Roberta Kwok http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13476 Texas soil cracked by a prolonged drought. Scientists are beginning to link such extreme weather events to global warming. Credit: © Ann Worthy, iStockphoto

Global warming helped trigger heat waves and droughts last year]]> Texas soil cracked by a prolonged drought. Scientists are beginning to link such extreme weather events to global warming. Credit: © Ann Worthy, iStockphoto

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