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March 29, 2016
Hydrologist discusses impact of climate change on Utah's water supply
University of Utah professor, and iUTAH researcher Paul Brooks was recently featured on Fox 13 News. Here are a few highlights from Max Roth’s interview.
Most of Utah’s water resources come from snowmelt, but snowmelt run-off is becoming less predictable. “I think it’s hard to realize for most of us that live down here that water really is a limiting resource,” said Paul Brooks, a hydrologist and professor in the University of Utah’s department of Geology and Geophysics. His class is studying snowmelt at a long-term site in northern New Mexico.
“So, we’re comparing what’s happening to the snowpack there in wet and dry years, following fires and disturbance, with what happens here in the Wasatch Front and the larger area of the central Rocky Mountains,” he said.
Press: Fox 13 News
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