Modest Warming Brings Fewer Idaho Climate Extremes

Modest Warming Brings Fewer Idaho Climate Extremes
The Sawtooth Valley from Galena Summit, Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Idaho, on Sept. 13, 2010. Acroterion via Wikimedia Commons
James Taylor
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Commentary

Modest global warming has resulted in fewer Idaho climate extremes and has brought significant additional benefits, a review of Idaho climate data reveals. The climate data should reassure Idaho legislators who have expressed concern about local impacts of asserted climate change.