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US West's power grid must be prepared for impacts of climate change

2015-05-19 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Electricity generation and distribution infrastructure in the Western United States must be "climate-proofed" to diminish the risk of future power shortages, according to research by two Arizona State University engineers. Expected increases in extreme heat and drought events will bring changes in precipitation, air and water temperatures, air density and humidity, write Matthew Bartos and Mikhail Chester in the current issue of the research journal Nature Climate Change. The authors say the...

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