Depending on your side of the aisle, climate change either elicits doomsday anxiety or unabashed skepticism.
Depending on your side of the aisle, climate change either elicits doomsday anxiety or unabashed skepticism.
Jason Hubbart, director of Institute of Water Security and Science at West Virginia University, takes a more centered approach.
He’s studied the undisputable changing patterns in West Virginia’s climate. And, believe it or not, there is at least one silver lining stemming from changing climate, he insists: The growing season is getting longer.
“Our future climates in West Virginia are likely to be more conducive to agricultural production,” said Hubbart, a professor of hydrology and water quality in the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design. “We should plan for that now.”
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Image: Jason Hubbart, director of the WVU Institute of Water Security and Science, conducts water testing at West Run Creek for research. (Credit: Greg Ellis/West Virginia University)
