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The Press and Pulse of Climate Change: Extreme Events in the Colorado River Basin
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2022
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Source: JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 58(6), 1076-1097
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Journal Title:JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
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Description:Extremes in temperature and precipitation are associated with damaging floods, prolonged drought, destructive wildfires, agricultural challenges, compromised human health, vulnerable infrastructure,and threatened ecosystems and species. Often, the steady and progressive trends (or presses ) of rising global temperature are the central focus in how climate impacts are described. However, observations of extreme weather events (or pulses ) increasingly show that the intensity, duration and/or frequency of acute events are also changing, resulting in greater impacts on communities and the environment. Describing how theinfluence of extreme events may shape water management in the Colorado River Basin in clear terms iscritical to sound future planning and efforts to manage risk. Three scenario planning workshops in 2019and 2020 were held as part of a Colorado River Conversations series, identifying potential impacts frommultiple intersecting extreme events. Water managers identified climate-related events of concern in the Col-orado River Basin that necessitate greater attention and adaptive responses. To support efforts to includeconsideration of climate-change-driven extremes in water management and planning, we explore the current state of knowledge at the confluence of long-term climate shifts and extreme weather in the Colorado River Basin related to the events of concern that were identified by scenario planning participants.
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Source:JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 58(6), 1076-1097
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ISSN:1093-474X;1752-1688;
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