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Climate Change Literature Synthesis Third Edition Now Available

Report supports long-term water resources planning with region-specific climate change information

Media Contact: Peter Soeth, 303-445-3615

For Release: October 31, 2013

WASHINGTON - The third edition of the Literature Synthesis on Climate Change Implications for Water and Environmental Resources from the Bureau of Reclamation is now available. The report offers a summary of recent literature on the current and projected effects of climate change on hydrology and water resources.

It is organized around the five Reclamation regions, which correspond roughly with the Columbia River basin, the Sacramento-San Joaquin River basin, the upper Colorado River basin, the lower Colorado River basin, and the Great Plains.

This report contains information surveyed through 2012. It was assembled by Reclamation and was subjected to external review by staff from each of the five National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments centers located in the western United States.

The information in this report is meant for use in a range of planning studies including environmental impact statements, biological assessments, and feasibility studies. The need for the report was first identified by the multi-agency Climate Change and Water Working Group in 2008. Previous versions were published in 2011 and 2009.

You may view or download the report at www.usbr.gov/climate.

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Literature Synthesis on Climate Change Implications for Reclamation's Water and Environmental Resources (3rd Edition)