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Denver Post: A new National Academy of Sciences study quantifies potential impacts of climate change -- linking reduced streamflow, rainfall and crop yields, and more wildfire damage to specific temperature increases. For example, for every 1.8 degrees of warming, Colorado can expect 5 percent to 10 percent less water in the Arkansas River and Rio Grande, the government-funded study found. The Colorado River Basin, which sustains people in seven western states, likely would see 6 percent ......
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Study quantifies potential impacts of climate change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 17th, 2010
Posted in Water Conservation