Monday, April 9, 2007

News Times Live Climate change hitting home

News Times Live Climate change hitting home: "
The climate change now engulfing the globe could change the face of New England -- different forests and animals, a battered coastline, summers that feel like South Carolina's and winters where skiing is just a memory.

It also could mean disrupted food supplies from less citrus from Florida and California, to droughts in the wheat belt, and the gradual invasion of southern species, insects and diseases.

'It's across the boards,' Dan Sosland, executive director of Environment Northeast, said of the changes to come."