According to an article by Chelsea Harvey at Business Insider, "This Is The Climate Report South Carolina Spent Years Hiding." It sounds ominous, and so I read the report, which left me feeling – unsurprisingly – that Business Insider had done a poor job of science journalism, and understanding why some appear to have resisted releasing the report. Here is what Business Insider had to say about the report: The document shows a history of rising temperatures, warming waters, and increases in severe weather events in the state, and also notes concerns for the future. The chart below shows how temperatures at the Greenville-Spartanburg airport have changed between 1895 and 2010. There's a clear upward trend, especially from 1970 on. The report actually analyzed four climate stations, as it notes: To evaluate climate variability in South Carolina, a first-order analysis of the annual mean monthly USHCN [United States Historical Climate...(Read Full Post)