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No water, scorching temperatures, pests – some nasty forecasts for climate change
Extreme drought, scorching temperatures, weeds and pests abound - no it isn't the apocalypse or the ten plagues, but the bleak future that could come for the US southwest states as a result of climate change.
A new report released by the US Global Change Research Program describes some of the nasty forecasts in store for southwest US, including California, as a result of climate change.
"This is the most thorough and up-to-date review ever assembled of climate-change impacts observed to date as well as those anticipated in the future across the United States," says Evan Mills, a scientist from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), who contributed to the report.
While the report paints an ominous picture of potential impacts, "the good news is that the harshest impacts of future climate change can be avoided if the nation takes deliberate action soon," says Mills.
The report forecasts a decline in precipitation and water supplies as being one of the most prominent effects of climate change. Meanwhile, southwest states like Californi likely face increasing air temperatures, and the probable rise in agricultural pests and weeds expected in a warmer climate while flooding and storm surges are threats to coastal regions.
"Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States" covers such effects as changes in rainfall patterns, drought, wildfire, Atlantic hurricanes, and effects on food production, fish stocks and other wildlife, energy, agriculture, water supplies, and coastal communities.
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