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• Climate Change Statement for Oklahoma: An Official Statement of the Oklahoma Climatological Survey (10/29/2007)
• OCS Climatologist to Speak at National Convention (10/3/2007)
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• Crimson and, Um, Orange? OU shares Norman campus with OSU (10/26/2006)
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Climate Change Statement for Oklahoma: An Official Statement of the Oklahoma Climatological Survey
October 29, 2007

climate_statement.doc

climate_statement.pdf

Overwhelming observational evidence indicates that the earth is warming, and that the cause of that warming is mostly anthropogenic (caused by humans) in nature. Further, the vast majority of scientists that study climate change believe that warming will continue for the foreseeable future.

Of course, climate change has become a highly contentious topic in public discourse, with the waters being muddied by extreme viewpoints and concerns. So where does the truth lie, and what are the implications for Oklahoma? The Oklahoma Climatological Survey (OCS) has been mandated by the Oklahoma legislature to provide climate information and expertise which could be of value to the public, as well as to state policy- and decision-makers. In that regard, OCS has conducted a review of current assessments of climate change research in order to craft a definitive statement on global climate change and the implications for Oklahoma - detrimental and beneficial alike.

The climate change statement may be downloaded from the Oklahoma Climatological Survey's website at this address:

http://climate.ok.gov/newsmedia/climate_statement.pdf.

Media Contact:

Cerry Leffler
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
120 David L. Boren Blvd., Suite 2900
Norman, OK 73072-7305
405-325-2541
405-325-2550 (fax)
cerry@ou.edu