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Related: About this forumEffects Of Climate Change Growing Drastically
http://www.canyon-news.com/artman2/publish/State_News_1184/Effects_of_Climate_Change_Growing_Drastically.phpCALIFORNIAState environmental organizations have released the findings of a comprehensive report on the effects of climate change on the state on August 8, stressing the drastic growth of alterations to the state's environment.
In a joint press release, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) wrote that climate change is having a significant and measurable impact on California's environment. The over 200 page report, titled Indicators of Climate Change in California, compiled the findings of extensive studies on changes to the state's climate and its causes and effects on the state's environment. State environmental agencies say the report is helpful in demonstrating the fragile and evolving interrelationship between the state's climate and environment, and it further illustrates the strong commitment in addressing environmental threats pledged by Governor Brown and numerous global scientists, exemplified by the consensus statement signed by the aforementioned parties in May.
Among the findings are increasing rates of climate warming, which is attributed to higher levels of temperature across the state's measuring spectrum. For example, low temperatures have increased almost twice as fast as high temperatures. Furthermore, seasonal heat has incrementally increased in duration and frequency, and winters now face a decreasing winter chill trend, which drastically affects fruit production.
The growing temperature change is also gradually affecting the number of wildfires in the state. According to the report, the last ten years bore witness to the three largest fire years on record in California. As glacier shrinkage occurs in parts of the state, often times ranging from a 20 to 70 percent loss, sea level along the California coast have risen on average by seven inches. These factors and others have not only altered the habitat foundations of certain species, forcing some to migrate, but also contributed greatly to environmental harms not present before to species.
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Effects Of Climate Change Growing Drastically (Original Post)
jpak
Aug 2013
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FirstLight
(13,357 posts)1. thank you for posting this
Too bad it probably won't change much, eh?
I live in Tahoe and can tell you that over the past 3-4 years it has drastically changed...even locals like me who know what to look for to tell what the winter will be like are all saying "all bets are off" we can't tell what to expect anymore...
NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)2. The wheels seem to be falling off this summer
We really have no idea what we are getting into. For better or worse, no idea.
pscot
(21,024 posts)3. The train is picking up speed