The thousands of 2011 extreme weather records broken in all 50 states will be detailed for the first time in a new interactive mapping tool and year-end review from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
The corresponding national analysis includes state-by-state figures on extreme weather in 2011, detailing record-breaking temperatures, rainfall and snowfall in each state.
2011 has been a year of unparalleled weather extremes: Disastrous weather events in the US so far this year have cost billions of dollars in damages with an estimated overall $53 billion price tag. And a newly-released summary of a Special Report on Extreme Events from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes that the effects of climate change will intensify extreme heat, heavy precipitation, and maximum wind speeds of tropical storms.
WHO:
* Kim Knowlton, DrPH, senior scientist, Health and Environment Program, Natural Resources Defense Council ;
* Dan Lashof, PhD, climate scientist and program director, Climate & Clean Air Programs, Natural Resources Defense Council; lead author and reviewer for the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
WHEN:
1 p.m. EST on Thursday, December 8, 2011
TIME:
1 p.m. EST
CALL-IN INFORMATION: Join the live, phone-based news conference (with full, two-way Q&A) at 1 p.m. on Thursday, December 8, 2011, by dialing (800) 860-2442. Ask for the “extreme weather records” newsevent.
CAN’T PARTICIPATE?: A streaming audio replay of the news event will be available on the Web at http://www.nrdc.org/
