ARE
ARE STILL
ARE STILL MISSING. >>> BLACK FRIDAY CAN BE A SMOKE
SCREEN FOR ANYONE LOOKING TO
BURY A STORY.
TOO HARSH?
TOO HARSH? OKAY, LET'S SAY IF YOU WANTED
THE PUBLIC TO ABSORB SOMETHING
BLACK FRIDAY IS NOT THE DAY YOU
WOULD WANT TO RELEASE IT OR ANY
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY. THAT SAID, THE MOST COMHENCIVE
REPORT ON THE ENVIRONMENT WAS
RELEASED ON BLACK FRIDAY.
WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD LOOK INTO
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> Reporter: FOR EVERY ACTION
THERE WAS A EQUAL AND OPPOSITE
REACTION.
REACTION.
REACTION. NEWTON, THIRD RULE OF MOTION,
MANKIND HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF
UNNATURAL STUFF FOR SOME TIME.
THIS NEW REPORT DETAILS WHAT
NATURE'S REACTION.
NATURE'S REACTION. >> THE SCREAMING SIGN OUT OF
THIS REPORT IS THIS IS GOING TO
BE EXPENSIVE.
BE EXPENSIVE. CAN I USE THE FREAKING
EXPENSIVE ON TV?
>> Reporter: WE INVITED JOHN
ABRAHAM TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS
REPORT SAYS ABOUT THE MIDWEST.
>> CLIMATE CHANGE IS EFFECTING
US NOW AND EFFECTING MINNESOTA
FASTER THAN MOST PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. IT IS TURNING MINNESOTA INTO A
STATE THAT IS GOING TO LOOK
LIKE IOWA, ILLINOIS AND
MISSOURI.
MISSOURI.
MISSOURI. AND MAYBE WE WANT TO BE THAT
KIND OF STATE.
I LIKE MINNESOTA, I WANT TO
KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS BUT WE
ARE RAPIDLY BECOMING A STATE
THAT IS MORE SOUTHERN IN ITS
CLIMATE.
CLIMATE.
CLIMATE. >> Reporter: RISING
TEMPERATURES CAN EFFECT A LOT,
HUMIDITY, PRECIPITATION THE BIG
ONES, WHEN IT COMES TO
AGRICULTURE YOU ARE MESSING
WITH THE KEY INGREDIENTS.
>> REMEMBER 2012 WE HAD A
HEATWAVE IN THE U.S.?
THE CENTER U.S. HAD A DROUGHT
AND A HEATWAVE?
IT COST US $35 BILLION IN
CROPS.
CROPS.
CROPS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THAT
YEAR WAS A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL.
NORMAL.
NORMAL. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN IT IS 9 DEGREES, 10
DEGREES, IT IS GOING TO BE A
DIFFERENT WORLD.
DIFFERENT WORLD. >> Reporter: THE NUMBER OF
FROST FREE DAYS WILL GROW IN
THE MIDWEST BY 10 OVER THE NEXT
30 YEARS.
30 YEARS.
30 YEARS. 20 BY MIDCENTURY AND POSSIBLY A
MONTH BY THE LATE 21st CENTURY.
IT SITES NORTHERN MINNESOTA
WHERE THE AVERAGE 5-DAY MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE WAS 88 DEGREES OVER
THIS TIME SPAN.
NOW, THE REPORT SUGGESTS THAT
BY MIDCENTURY THE SAME AVERAGE
WILL JUMP TO 93, MAYBE AS HIGH
AS 95.
AS 95.
AS 95. TWO DAYS BEFORE THIS REPORT
DROPPED ON BLACK FRIDAY, THE
PRESIDENT TWEETED THAT THE
BRUTAL COLD SNAP OUT EAST WILL
SHATTER RECORDS WRITING
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GLOBAL
WARMING.
WARMING.
WARMING. >> HOW CAN YOU HAVE RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURES AND FRONTS BUT
STILL BE EXPERIENCING CLIMATE
CHANGE?
CHANGE?
CHANGE? >> WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THERE
IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WEATHER
ON ONE HAND AND CLIMATE ON THE
OTHER.
OTHER.
OTHER. CLIMATE IS THE LONG-TERM
TRENDS.
TRENDS.
TRENDS. YOU DON'T WANT TO PROVE CLIMATE
CHANGE BY ONE WARM DAY OR
DISPROVE IT BY A COLD DAY.
YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE LONG-
TERM TRENDS.
TERM TRENDS. >> IT IS ABOUT AVERAGES.
>> IT IS ALL ABOUT AVERAGES.
>> WE CAN NOT AVOID CLIMATE
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. BUT WE CAN AVOID THE WORST
EFFECTS OF IT.
WE HAVE TO ACT NOW.
>> IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH, THAT
IS A LOT.
IS A LOT.
IS A LOT. IT IS A LOT.
SOMETIMES IT IS HARD FOR PEOPLE
TO FOCUS BECAUSE IT IS 100
YEARS OUT OR 50 YEARS OUT.
IF YOU LOOK RIGHT NOW AND PAY
ATTENTION IT IS HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. IN
NOW. IN SO MANY WAYS.
HE WAS TALKING HOW EXPENSIVE IT
WOULD BE.
WOULD BE.
WOULD BE. IF WE DON'T DO IT NOW THE
REPORT SAYS IT WILL COST THE
U.S. HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN LOST CROPS, WE WILL
LOSE 10% OF GDP, BECAUSE OF THE
WEATHER.
WEATHER.
WEATHER. BECAUSE THE CLIMATE.
>> DIFFERENT.
>> DIFFERENT. >> SOMEONE IS PAYING ATTENTION.
>> THE THING THAT CHANGES IT
FOR ME, YOU KNOW I LOVE KIDS
AND I HANG AROUND KIDS AND IF
YOU NOT -- IF YOUR WORLDVIEW IS
NOT CHANGED BY IT, LOOK AT
THOSE LITTLE BABIES.
WHAT ARE WE GIVING THEM?
SO, THAT IS WHAT I ALWAYS TRY
TO THINK ABOUT.
IT IS FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR
GRANDCHILDREN.
GRANDCHILDREN. >> IT IS RIGHT THERE IN FRONT
OF NEWS WE HAVE TO LEAVE THINGS
THE WAY