Chicago outlines plan to slash greenhouse gases
September 18, 2008
If climate change is not addressed, summer heat indexes in Chicago could climb as high as 105 degrees -- similar to Mobile, Ala. -- by the end of the century and there would be more frequent heavy rains and floods, according to researchers from Texas Tech University in Lubbock and the University of Illinois who were commissioned by the city to study climate change.
If climate change is not addressed, summer heat indexes in Chicago could climb as high as 105 degrees -- similar to Mobile, Ala. -- by the end of the century and there would be more frequent heavy rains and floods, according to researchers from Texas Tech University in Lubbock and the University of Illinois who were commissioned by the city to study climate change.