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Chicago Region Sees One of the Driest Springs on Record

A conversation with Scott Collis, an atmospheric scientist at Argonne National Laboratory.

05/17/2021 | Rating NR

Chicago Tonight

Chicago Region Sees One of the Driest Springs on Record

Clip: 5/17/2021 | 6m 5sVideo has Closed Captions

A conversation with Scott Collis, an atmospheric scientist at Argonne National Laboratory.

The Chicago region is seeing a drier and colder spring than normal, in part due to changing weather patterns all over the country. But several new climate reports show that overall, Illinois is getting warmer — and wetter. Scott Collis, an atmospheric scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, joins us to discuss those reports and more.

05/17/2021 | Rating NR

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