Frederic H. Wagner
Frederic H. Wagner
Frederic H. Wagner, a native Texan, got his B.S. in Biology at SMU, his doctorate in Zoology at the University of Wisconsin. He is now Professor Emeritus at Utah State University where he was Associate Dean of the College of Natural Resources and Director of The Ecology Center at the time of his retirement. Between 1998 and 2003, he coordinated the Congressionally-ordered 9-state Rocky Mountain-Great Basin Regional Climate-change Assessment. He has just published, with 32 coauthors, Climate Warming in Western North America/Evidence and Environmental Effects.
Abstract: Whither the Great Salt Lake in a Warming Climate
Analyses of weather records and elevations of the Great Salt Lake showed a close correlation during the 20th century. Climatologists predict increased precipitation at higher latitudes, but intensified aridity in the subtropics associated with global warming. The Lake is roughly astride the borderline between these two zones. Annual precipitation declined in the southern half of Utah, increased in the northern half during the 1900s. Higher temperatures increase evapotranspiration, while shrinking snowpacks and altering seasonality of streamflow in the West.
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