Global Warming Amplifying Texas Drought and Wildfires | Alyson Kenward - OnEarth Magazine

According to climate scientist Richard Seager of Columbia University’s Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, it’s very hard to say how much human-induced climate change has contributed to this year’s scorching temperatures, drought, and related wildfires in Texas. But Seager says that, while La Niña, as well as warm waters in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean, have been the main causes of the extreme drought, there is also evidence [like what, specifically?] that the region is drying as a consequence of manmade global warming.

Alyson Kenward | OnEarth Magazine

Alyson is a scientist and journalist with Climate Central, a nonprofit journalism organization built as a collaboration between research scientists and communicators. She has a PhD in inorganic chemistry and a journalism master's degree from NYU's Science, Health and Environmental Reporting program.