Climate change is turning the American Southwest into a parched wasteland. Meanwhile, the local population is set to nearly double by 2050. Talk about living dangerously. What they’re saying is what we’ve been seeing for several years now. Unprecedented weather, forests under stress, the writing on the wall just keep getting clearer. The rivers we float on face an uncertain existence, the forests we backpack in are already under stress from drought and fire. My colleagues who work with endangered species, rivers, and public lands are all seeing the same thing — climate change is already raising its ugly head. And when it comes to water, the Rio Grande has diminished to the point where species that depend on it are facing extinction.” - Jeremy Nichols, director of the Climate and Energy Program at WildEarth. More on population and climate change: populationmatters.org/issues-solutions/environment/climate-change/
Posted on: Sun, 11 May 2014 19:13:35 +0000
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