LA Times: Another climate change study is projecting declines in runoff in many parts of the West, a scenario that would put more pressure on the region's water supplies. Using new model simulations, scientists at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory expanded on 2007 research that predicted a drier future for the Southwest. The reasons involve more than a drop in precipitation -- which is actually expected to increase in some areas that are critical to Western water supplies. Rather,...
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