Study: Global warming would hit Utah hard

StandardNet by Charles F. Trentelman | Sep. 8, 2009 (Special Report)

the Nature Conservancy has issued a warning on what global warming will do to the humans in Utah if current trends do not change.

Average temperatures will rise just a bit over nine degrees in the next 90 years. Lakes will dry up faster, snowpack will be less, grasslands will die and huge chunks of the state’s economy all will be affected if the latest projections of the effect of climate change come to pass.

That puts Utah at number ... Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 8, 2009

Ok for Utah; the LDS cats will have stored up 200 years of water and batteries. But what are the other 9 states? A link to the study would have been good.

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    What will temperatures be like in your state in 100 years? If current trends continue, chances are they’ll be much hotter than they are today — especially if you live in ...
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