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Scientists urge U.S. to protect economy from climate

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eight scientific organizations urged the next U.S. president to help protect the country from climate change by pushing for increased funding for research and forecasting, saying about $2 trillion of U.S. economic output could be hurt by storms, floods and droughts. <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/scienceNews?a=krpPSR"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/scienceNews?i=krpPSR" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?a=Y53R0K"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?i=Y53R0K" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?a=3uzIGk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?i=3uzIGk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?a=iP9sqk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?i=iP9sqk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~4/370537617" height="1" width="1"/>