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Climate Change in Idaho
Philip Mote Climate Impacts Group
University of Washington
With contributions from Alan Hamlet, Nate van Rheenan, Richard Slaughter, Don Reading, Lara
Whitely Binder, Rick Palmer
Climate Science in the Public Interest
[email protected](206) 616-5346
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The Climate Impacts Group
Goal: help the region become more resilient to climate variations and climate change
Primary research areas: climate dynamics, water,
salmon, forests, coasts
application of the research in managing these sectors
Supported by NOAA Office of Global Programs
http://www.cses.washington.edu/cig/
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Three main points Humans are changing global climate,
and these changes will become more evident
Warming will reduce snowpack and exacerbate summer water shortages; some of these changes are already becoming apparent in Idaho
Future warming introduces a climate-driven depletion of the SRP aquifer
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The context: recent drought
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Dry spring 2004
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Warm too
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Several years of moisture deficit
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…and above-average temperatures
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Idaho’s climate is partly driven by the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)
warm phase cool phase
If this graph does not appear, see http://jisao.washington.edu/pdo/
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The context
Recent warm dry climate is not just PDO
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Three main points Humans are changing global
climate, and these changes will become more evident
Warming will reduce snowpack and exacerbate summer water shortages; some of these changes are already becoming apparent in Idaho
Future warming introduces a climate-driven depletion of the SRP aquifer
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Science of climate change
Thousands of peer-reviewed scientific papers Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Major reports in 1990, 1996, 2001 Conclusions:
“An increasing body of observations gives a collective picture of a warming world and other changes in the climate system.”
“There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities.”
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Carbon dioxide (CO2): up 32%
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Appears to be higher than any time in past ~23 million yrs
~70% of CO2 emissions come from fossil fuel burning
From a long term perspective, these changes are enormous
CO2 over the last 160,000 yr
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Has increased ~150% since 1750
Current concentration has not been exceeded in at least 420,000 years
Slightly more than 50% of CH4 emissions originate from human activities
More potent greenhouse gas than CO2, per molecule, but less abundant
Methane (CH4)
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Global average temperature
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Could these measurements be wrong?
Urbanization?
Stations too sparse?
Satellite measurements show no warming?
Perhaps 10% of warming; lots of natural evidence
Warming patterns very big
Surface definitely warming; troposphere warming 1960-2001 but not 1979-2001
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1928
2000
The South Cascade glacier retreated dramatically in the 20th century
Courtesy of the USGS glacier group
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those satellite observationsModels: troposphere (0-5 miles) should warm faster
than surface But satellites show little warming since 1979: does
this mean that surface measurements are unreliable?
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those satellite observationsThe complete picture: troposphere has warmedNational Academy: satellite measurements “in no way
invalidates the conclusion that surface temperature has been rising
Emerging understanding: ozone depletion a factor?
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Some evidence that it’s not natural
Rate of change appears to be unusual Pattern of change matches that
expected from increasing greenhouse gases
Solar, volcanic forcing would have led to cooling in the past ~30 years
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Long-term context
source: Mann et al., EOS
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Carbon dioxide: up 32%
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Natural Climate Influence Human Climate Influence
All Climate Influences
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Solar output varies - but not much
Figure courtesy of NOAA National Geophysical Data Center
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Three main points Humans are changing global
climate, and these changes will become more evident
Warming will reduce snowpack and exacerbate summer water shortages; some of these changes are already becoming apparent in Idaho
Future warming introduces a climate-driven depletion of the SRP aquifer
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21st century temperature change
IPCC (www.ipcc.ch)
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Temperature change, 2071-2100 minus 1961-1990
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Projected PNW Climate Change
2020s Temperature
Precipitation
Low + 0.8°F + 2 %
Mean + 2.5°F + 7%High + 3.4°F + 14 %
2040s Temperature
Precipitation
Low + 2.7°F - 3 %
Mean +4.0°F + 7%High + 4.9°F + 14 %
Based on an increase in equivalent CO2 of 1% per year. Benchmarked to the decade of the 1990s.
Projected changes in average annual PNW temperature and precipitation for the decades of the 2020s and 2040s.
high confidence lower confidence
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Not what we expect in a warming world - but maybe models are wrong about precip?
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Main Impact: Less SnowApril 1 Snow Extent for the Columbia
River Basin
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Snake System Flows – Jackson Lk
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Snake System Flows – Milner
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Snake System Flows – Boise/PayetteFlows into Boise and Payette Rivers
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Snake System Flows – Dworshak R.
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Snake System Flows – Clarkston
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Overall Streamflow changes - 2020s
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Clarkston Dworshak
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Three main points Humans are changing global
climate, and these changes will become more evident
Warming will reduce snowpack and exacerbate summer water shortages; some of these changes are already becoming apparent in Idaho
Future warming introduces a climate-driven depletion of the SRP aquifer
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Mote 2003(b)
Decrease Increase
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Trends in timing of spring snowmelt (1948-2000)
Courtesy of Mike Dettinger, Iris Stewart, Dan Cayan
+20d later–20d earlier
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As the West warms,winter flows rise and summer flows drop
Figure by Iris Stewart, Scripps Inst. of Oceanog. (UC San Diego)
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Three main points Humans are changing global
climate, and these changes will become more evident
Warming will reduce snowpack and exacerbate summer water shortages; some of these changes are already becoming apparent in Idaho
Future warming introduces a climate-driven depletion of the SRP aquifer
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Snake River Plain Aquifer
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Groundwater Table
evaporation losses from goundwater irrigation
aquifer recharge from surface water irrigation
Surface WaterInputs from
Ground Water
Groundwater Table
Surface WaterInputs from
Ground Water
Current Climate Warmer Climate
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evaporation losses from goundwater irrigation
aquifer recharge from surface water irrigation
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Estimated Steady State Reductions in Snake River Plain Aquifer Discharge for Two Global Warming Scenarios
SRP Aquifer Discharge to Snake River
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Implications
• Warming increases ET and reduces recharge: both effects reduce SRP Aquifer discharge to the Snake River
• A warmer climate will require greater effort to maintain current levels of aquifer discharge
• Beyond SRP aquifer, downstream water users will additionally be affected by loss of snowpack.
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Three main points Humans are changing global
climate, and these changes will become more evident
Warming will reduce snowpack and exacerbate summer water shortages; some of these changes are already becoming apparent in Idaho
Future warming introduces a climate-driven depletion of the SRP aquifer
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Extra slides
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Enhanced greenhouse effect
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N2O
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CFCs
CH4
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Decrease Increase
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and climate damage
Floods
Estuary conditions: prey, predators, competitors
Low summer streamflow, high temp
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Temperature
Sea levelpressurePrecipitation
Correlations of modeled and observed climate variables
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Earth’s radiation budget
From Kiehl and Trenberth, 1996
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Implications Upstream of Milner, water supplies
likely to be changed less by warming (low sensitivity, high storage)
Downstream summer water supplies are already being eroded by loss of snowpack, especially in sensitive areas such as N. Fork Clearwater (Dworshak inflows).
Water temperature problems in the lower basin may be exacerbated.