A state climatologist says weather extremes across the Corn Belt are a result of climate change.
Nebraska’s Martha Shulski tells Brownfield those events will speed up over the next several decades. “We’re warming at an accelerating rate. We’re getting more heavy precipitation events and the frequency of extremes are getting faster.”
She says weather patterns will alternate back-and-forth in quick succession and that could create significant issues for agriculture. “Wetter during the winter and spring and drier and hotter during the summer.
