Elko Daily Free Press: In just the first six weeks of the new year, weve already seen nine record high temperatures. The weather has been unusually warm and dry across the West, while the folks back East are seeing one of their worst winters in history.
The pattern is pretty much a repeat of last winter, only more extreme. And extremes are what climate change is all about. Thats the accepted term for what used to be called global warming, a phenomenon most scientists believe is caused by human activity such as...