CLIMATE CHANGE:WHAT'S YOUR PLAN?

摘要

CONSIDERING ITS IMPORTANCE, the "Secure Water Act Report," released a few months ago by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, received little notice. This despite the fact it projects temperatures in the West to rise by 5° to 7°F by the end of the century.That's an awful lot, especially when you consider nearly all scientists are alarmed by the fact that atmospheric carbon dioxide levels increased from 280 parts per million in the late 1700s to today's level of about 400 ppm. This "Greenhouse Effect" hasraised average global temperatures by about 0.8°C since 1900. That equates to about 1.5°F, or about one-fourth of the average change predicted for the West in the coming 84 years.