Climate Change. It's Real.

[Aliantha]

[Lamplighter]

from here

“For the first time, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
announced Wednesday that global concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases
in March passed 400 parts per million.

[Lamplighter]

We've had 3 weeks of very warm weather in June, and our temps have been above the averages for July.
This has been happening in previous years, but it this year has most everyone's attention.

My G-son works for ODFW and is doing stream/river surveys in the mid-state segments
of the Willamette River and it's tributary, the Santiam.
He says that where they would expect to see 50 - 100 salmon in the Santiam, they are now seeing only 1 or none.

The senior biologists are saying that the temp of the Willamette is too high,
so the fish are turning into the colder water of the Clackamas River,
but in that river the O2 levels are too low, and the fish are dying.

This "pre-spawning mortality" is overly affecting the females,
that usually come in later than the males.
Thus, salmon runs for the rivers in this mid-section of the State may be affected dramatically in the future.

The fish biologists are saying that removal of dams is about the only way
to keep the temps where the fish need them to be.
They have tried building massive structure to mix cold bottom-water with warmer surface water behind the dams,
but with limited releases of water, the temp starts rising again just a short way down below the dam.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Pretty safe bet it will get worse.

[Gravdigr]

Here in KY, our climate changes about four times a year.

[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

We've had 3 weeks of very warm weather in June, and our temps have been above the averages for July.
This has been happening in previous years, but it this year has most everyone's attention.<snip>

This will get the attention of sportsmen in the west...
It is getting very close to shutting down all sport fishing in western Oregon.

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources...willamette.asp

[classicman]

Speaking with other amateur mycologists, the seasons are starting much earlier and the quantities are dropping. The past few years I've seen shrooms in June/July that shouldn't be around till Sept/Oct. Dunno what it means in the grande scheme of things, but I'm sure its not good.

[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by classicman

Speaking with other amateur mycologists,
the seasons are starting much earlier and the quantities are dropping.
The past few years I've seen shrooms in June/July that shouldn't be around till Sept/Oct.
Dunno what it means in the grande scheme of things, but I'm sure its not good.

In a similar 1-on observation, our unusually warm weather in the PDX area seems
to have advanced the maple trees all the way from early August into October's autumn.

Maples leaves are yellowing on the trees, and we're seeing showers of leaves in mild breezes.
Likewise for some of the willows and locusts.

But then, maybe it's just a matter of drought rather than temp.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

In a similar 1-on observation, our unusually warm weather in the PDX area seems
to have advanced the maple trees all the way from early August into October's autumn.

Maples leaves are yellowing on the trees, and we're seeing showers of leaves in mild breezes.
Likewise for some of the willows and locusts.

But then, maybe it's just a matter of drought rather than temp.

Yup - been somewhat dry here also. I think its a 2fer.... I'll have a lot more first hand data in a month or two. If things are like last year or worse, I'll have zero left in a few months.

[BigV]

I heard the Willamette River rose in temperature five degrees in seven days. Not good for the fishies. They need the cooler water and by congregating in the remaining cooler and deeper pools, they become too easy to catch, unsportsmanlike.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by BigV

...too easy to catch...

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with this concept.

Too easy to catch? WhattheIdon'teven.

[BigV]

From here:

In addition to creating dangerously warm conditions, low water levels can leave fish stranded in deep pools with flows too low to permit their escape.

[Undertoad]

NOAA's surface temp disparity off average of all recorded temps, Jan-Jun 2015.

image from this climate.gov story

That big red whomp in the tropical Pacific, hitting the entire west coast and crossing over Mexico into the Atlantic is el nino. It is a big ton of warmth that was in the ocean, being spit out. Started a few months ago and is projected to continue. Along with previous global warming, this should produce record temp months and a record temp 2015.

Obviously it is already crushing the pacific northwest and according to many projections it is JUST GETTING STARTED. Although, also, you NEVER KNOW because sometimes they just peter out.

This might be the year for that big hurricane although you NEVER KNOW. It's just theoretical right now

[chrisinhouston]

Can't be real... I saw Senator Inhofe bring a snow ball into the Senate chambers to prove it...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...e-and-for-all/

[xoxoxoBruce]

The sad part is how many people believe him.