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Changing Precipitation Patterns

Citations

  • ACS. www.acs.org/content/acs/en/climatescience.html. Accessed 3 Nov. 2017.
  • Climate Change Institute. climatechange.umaine.edu/research/publications/ climate-future. Accessed 3 Nov. 2017.
  • EPA. archive.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/impacts/signs/index.html. Accessed 3 Nov. 2017.
  • Mann, Michael E., and Lee R. Krump. Dire Predictions. Dorling Kinderly Limited, 2015.
  • NASA. climate.nasa.gov/effects/. Accessed 3 Nov. 2017.
  • 350. 350.org/science/. Accessed 3 Nov. 2017

Why is it Important

What has Happened

  • The Equator is getting less rain
  • Higher latitudes are getting more rain
  • about 2% more world wide
  • Flooding and drying of crop land
  • Drinkable water souses changing
  • Habitats and ecosystems will change
  • Water quality drop
  • Down pours instead of drizzles
  • Heavier snow storms

What will Happen

The Impact on You

  • More precipitation in winter and spring
  • Equator will continue to get dryer
  • North and south will continue to get wetter
  • Flooding in higher latitudes

In Maine there will be

  • Changes in water, snow and vegetation based industry
  • Infrastructure will drop in durability
  • Coast line rising
  • Heat waves & heavy storms
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