James Hansen, NASA’s top climate change scientist, will talk about human impacts on global warming Monday at the University of Montana.
In western Montana, climate change is having a major impact.
The snowpack melts earlier. The spring growing season starts earlier. Summer droughts are longer, which increases wildfire risks and lowers streamflows.
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