Quebec Climate Change

One suspects this type of story will be the norm. Notice that the main headlines in the USA tend to ignore the topic of climate change or simply report on drastic weather without any further context.

I just read an article over at Raw Story which claims that people who live in areas that are directly affected by unusually severe weather conditions, as in recent headlines, tend to shift their thinking in the direction that climate change is real.

Montreal Gazette: Quebec on the verge of catastrophic climate change, expert say

The models indicate mean temperatures in the southern half of Quebec will be 2C to 3C higher than normal by 2020. In northern Quebec, the warming will be even higher. And at the present rate of warming as tracked since 1948, we are on track to be well over 4C by 2050 and as high as 7C to 9C by 2080.