New York Times: The broad-brush conclusion of a new federal report on the future impact of climate change on water in the West is a bit familiar. Throughout the West, there will be less snow, and what snow there is will melt faster. The dry Southwest is going to get drier, and the wet Northwest wetter, as a diagram in the report (above) shows.
The 122-page report includes original research -- "including state-of-the-art climate modeling," as Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said during a conference call on Monday......
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A 21st-Century Water Forecast
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 25th, 2011
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