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How Will Climate Change Affect You at Home in Colorado
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released an exhaustive 3,676-page report titled the Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability Caused by Climate Change for 2022.
According to the IPCC, these are the main ways that climate change will affect you at home:
Winter and spring will bring less snowfall leading to “snow droughts” where the decrease in snowpack and snow cover will lead to decreases in the amount of runoff to replenish water resources.
Unhealthy Fast Food
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Water Terrorism
A Bill was passed by Congress in 2018 that was meant to prevent cyber-security breaches on America’s 167,000 public water...
What is Toluene
Toluene, also called methylbenzene, is a natural chemical solvent often added to paint, metal cleaners, various fuels, nail...
California Solar Canals
California has come up with a truly Californian way to save their dwindling amounts of water: by covering canals with solar...
Icky Landfill Leachate
Landfill leachate results when water from precipitation and rotting waste percolate. They may become toxic when high...