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The Seattle Times has an article today on a new report out from Puget Sound Action Team and the UW about the effects of global warming in the Puget Sound area. Pretty scary stuff:

While average global temperatures rose 1.1 degrees Fahrenheit during the 20th century, Northwest winters have warmed 2.7 degrees since 1950, in part because of cycles in ocean conditions. Scientists don't know how much of that to attribute to global warming.

Meanwhile, water levels in south Puget Sound are expected to increase 1.3 feet by 2050, higher than in most areas of the world because changes in Pacific Ocean wind patterns drive more seawater into Puget Sound. The change will be compounded because geological factors are causing land in the Olympia and Tacoma areas to sink about an inch every 12 years.

Runoff from the 10,000 rivers and streams that spill into the Sound is already shifting, according to the report: About 13 percent less freshwater flows to Puget Sound now than in 1948, and snowmelt is coming an average of 12 days earlier.