Study: Global Warming Responsible for Western Droughts
By | Published: January 31, 2008
window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Washington Post: The persistent and dramatic decline in the snowpack of the mountains of the West is caused primarily by human-induced global warming and not the result of natural variability of weather patterns in the region, researchers reported today. Using data collected over the past 50 years, the scientists confirmed that the mountains are getting more rain and less snow, that the snowpack is breaking up faster, and that more rivers are running dry by summer. The study, published online …
Study: Global Warming Responsible for Western Droughts
window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Washington Post: The persistent and dramatic decline in the snowpack of the mountains of the West is caused primarily by human-induced global warming and not the result of natural variability of weather patterns in the region, researchers reported today. Using data collected over the past 50 years, the scientists confirmed that the mountains are getting more rain and less snow, that the snowpack is breaking up faster, and that more rivers are running dry by summer. The study, published online …
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