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Climate Change, Snowmelt, and Water Politics in the West

Climate Change, Snowmelt, and Water Politics in the West

Posted 23 April 2009 | By Jeff Stephens | Categories: climate change, water | No Comments

There’s much talk about how climate change will affect weather patterns, causing more intense events such as hurricanes and tornadoes. In California, one consequence of the greenhouse gas buildup is a change in precipitation type; climate change is expected to cause a shift from snow to more rain during winter months (i.e., a diminished snowpack), [...]