Indiana’s climate has grown wetter and warmer in recent decades and these trends will dramatically accelerate, with dozens of days each year exceeding 95 degrees F by mid-century. That is one of the key findings of the initial report of the Indiana Climate Change Impacts Assessment. The report, addressing historical patterns and future projections for climate change in the state, will be released in a news conference March 1 at 10 a.m. in the boardroom of The Nature Conservancy, 620 E. Ohio St., Indianapolis.

WHAT: The Indiana Climate Change Impacts Assessment, based at Purdue University, has compiled the latest scientific research into a series of easily understandable reports about climate change impacts in nine topic areas: climate, water resources, health, energy, forest and urban ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems, tourism and recreation, agriculture and infrastructure. The assessment team consists of more than 100 experts from Purdue and other Indiana institutions.

WHO: Following the news conference, interviews will be available with Jeff Dukes, director of the IN CCIA; and Alan Hamlet, one of the report authors and assistant professor in College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Darrin Pack, 765-494-2722 (office), 414-870-2653 (mobile); dpack@purdue.edu

ONLINE: http://indianaclimate.org

FOLLOW US: #INCCIA, @PurdueCCRC

PARKING INFORMATION: There will be limited parking available in The Nature Conservancy parking lot. If full, please use the free stree parking along College Avenue and New York Stree or the parking garage located at the corner of East Street and Market Street. Please be considerate of TNC's neighbors by only using public parking options.