Data: Indiana temperatures might rise 10 degrees by 2100

This summer might have felt hot, but according to a new scientific Web site, temperatures in Indiana might rise as much as 10 degrees by 2100.

The Web site, www.climatewizard.org, used data compiled by a Nobel Prize-winning panel of climate experts to predict what future temperatures would look like across the United States.

“It basically shows projections of what Indiana could be like temperature-wise for the next 50 to 100 years,” said Chip Sutton, director of communications at the Nature Conservancy. “You can look at the projected temperatures anywhere in America, and soon you’ll be able to look anywhere in the world.”

The Nature Conservancy, an international not-for-profit conservation organization, collaborated with the University of Washington and the University of Southern Mississippi State.

“There are lots of problems associated with climate change,” Sutton said. “Problems in the agriculture sector, health issues and greater storm events are all connected with climate change.”

For more information about the Climate wizard, check out Monday's IDS.