Boise State study: Climate change could decrease aquifer

Boise Weekly: Two Boise State researchers warn that climate change could lead to "a significant decrease to the aquifer for the Boise and Spokane rivers' basins, resulting in an even broader impact to Treasure Valley residents who depend on the basins for drinking and irrigation. "Essentially, this is going to shift the hydrology of the basin and that is going to affect wildlife, wildfire possibilities," said Boise State civil engineer researcher Venkataramana Sridha, who authored the study with colleague Xin...

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