A new study shows what the climate in several Iowa cities might be like by 2080. Researchers from the University of Maryland and North Carolina State University analyzed hundreds of urban areas and matched them with places where today’s climate feels like the climate that’s expected in 60 years. Study co-author Matt Fitzpatrick, at the University of Maryland, says they included seven Iowa cities.
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The study found Des Moines will feel like Enid Oklahoma, does now if fossil fuel emissions aren’t reduced. That city is about nine-degrees warmer and 21-percent drier in the summer. Fitzpatrick admits that may not seem like a huge difference, however:
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The researchers put together an interactive map where you can click on 540 cities across North America to see where a city’s expected climate in six decades matches a city that has that climate now. The study also included: Davenport, Dubuque, Iowa City, Sioux City and Waterloo.
https://fitzlab.shinyapps.io/cityapp/