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July 24, 2008
Nevada Drought Predicted Due to Climate Change
A study released yesterday by the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Center for Integrative Environmental Research predicted that climate change will create devastating drought in Nevada and the Southwest, and will drop the levels of the already low Lake Mead (pictured) and Lake Powell, thus affecting the water supply.
By 2100, average temperatures in Nevada may increase by up to four degrees in the spring and fall and by up to six degrees in the summer and winter, and El Nino conditions are likely to increase in frequency and duration, the report states.
"These temperature changes will have major effects on evaporation and precipitation in the state. The decreased availability of water statewide is likely to affect development, tourism and power production," the study adds.
"Unless we take action to cut the pollution causing climate change we will further jeopardize Nevada's water supply," Dan Grossman, Rocky Mountain Regional Director, Environmental Defense Fund, said.
"The threat to the water supply in Nevada and other Western states demonstrate that the most expensive thing we can do about climate change is ignore it," as reported by the Associated Press, and published by Business Week.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at July 24, 2008 11:04 AM
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