It's a record dry spell. Implications? Is global warming here? #environment #drought #COP15

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	It's a record dry spell. Implications? Is global warming here? #environment #drought #COP15

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7-11-2009 2:25 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/36fef927-cdff-4481-8e28-19e0cb8e8dd9/52F450A8-EE38-4F41-8986-0E43AFE3F8D1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.seattlepostglobe.org/2009/07/10/its-a-record-dry-spell-implications-is-global-warming-here" href="http://www.seattlepostglobe.org/2009/07/10/its-a-record-dry-spell-implications-is-global-warming-here" style="font-size: 11px;">www.seattlepostglobe.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.seattlepostglobe.org/2009/07/10/its-a-record-dry-spell-implications-is-global-warming-here"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.seattlepostglobe.org/img/73EB331B-D41D-4021-812E-5B77820FBB09" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.seattlepostglobe.org/2009/07/10/its-a-record-dry-spell-implications-is-global-warming-here"><SPAN id="CONTENT_MEDIA_DESCRIPTION">
The record dry spell has caused parking strips like this one in Fremont to turn golden brown unusually early. (Photo: Sally Deneen)
</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.seattlepostglobe.org/2009/07/10/its-a-record-dry-spell-implications-is-global-warming-here"><P>       And if it keeps up, it’ll become the area’s driest entire summer on record, which not only is troublesome for lawns, but also for a regional symbol -- salmon.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.seattlepostglobe.org/2009/07/10/its-a-record-dry-spell-implications-is-global-warming-here"><P>       “I didn't think it would come out that extreme,” Mote said via e-mail. “We're still very early in the summer and if it stays dry we could see a lot of impacts, like record-low flows, fish kills, forest fires.”</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.seattlepostglobe.org/2009/07/10/its-a-record-dry-spell-implications-is-global-warming-here"><P>      “It’s drier than even the driest summer that we know in Western Washington,” Bumbaco told the PostGlobe.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.seattlepostglobe.org/2009/07/10/its-a-record-dry-spell-implications-is-global-warming-here"><P>      Salmon need cool waters. Once streams reach about 72 degrees, salmon get into trouble – they become stressed, they become vulnerable to disease, and they’ll stop migrating, explained UW climate/salmon researcher Nate Mantua.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.seattlepostglobe.org/2009/07/10/its-a-record-dry-spell-implications-is-global-warming-here"><P>      A dry summer is <A href="http://cses.washington.edu/cig/res/ia/waccia.shtml">consistent</A> with <A href="http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts/regional-climate-change-impacts/northwest#issue1">what’s anticipated to com</A>e to the Pacific Northwest due to global warming, and 2003 and 2004 brought very dry summers, too, Mote said.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/52F450A8-EE38-4F41-8986-0E43AFE3F8D1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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