Republic: Global climate change is baking Southwestern cities, intensifying wildfires and straining water supplies, and the worst is yet to come, scientists say in the latest National Climate Assessment released Tuesday.
The Earth is heating unevenly, and in recent decades, the Southwest has warmed by an average of 2 degrees Fahrenheit, said Gregg Garfin, a University of Arizona geoscientist who was a lead author of the report's Southwest section.
The region will heat up an additional 2.5 to 5.5 degrees...