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Climate change in Oregon by the numbers, from 0.1 to 200
Bradley W. Parks
As you may have surmised, the outlook is dim.
“A lot of what we report on here is consistent with what has been understood and expected for a decade or, in some cases, several decades,” said Erica Fleishman, director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, which assembles the report, and a professor at Oregon State University.
Scientific consensus is that burning coal, petroleum and other fossil fuels emits heat-trapping carbon, causing the planet to warm nearly beyond repair.
Temperatures are going up year-round. Precipitation is surging in the winter, and more of it is falling as rain than as snow. Wildfires are getting bigger and happening more often. And all of those things have the effect of deepening and proliferating racial and economic disparities already present in our society.
Wildfire smoke makes up 50% of air pollution particles in West Follow Us
Question of the Day By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times - Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Wildfire smoke made up 50% of small particle air pollution in the western regions of the U.S. and up to 25% across the nation, according to a new study.
Although pollution emissions from other sources such as vehicle exhaust have declined, particulate matter from fires has climbed substantially since the mid-2000s, when wildfire smoke contributed to less than 20% of emissions in the western regions a decade ago, said researchers from Stanford University and the University of California, San Diego.