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Old 01-03-2024, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by jimjamuser View Post
In the response - in 2023 water levels"started to recover because of ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION and snow pack that MELTED this summer". I will NOT dispute that this happened, however I would like to mention the WHY behind this happening. The last 7 or 8 years have been the WARMEST in recorded history and climate scientists are worried that the HEAT is increasing. That EXPLAINS WHY the snow pack melted. And average precipitation worldwide in bound to increase because WARM AIR holds more MOISTURE.
Interesting!

If true, then the logical conclusion is that warm(er) weather (AKA "global warming") is necessary to keep Lake Mead's water levels up.