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Week 5 Discussion ENV/315
If changes in weather patterns continue, do you think your climate zone will be different 25 years from now? If so, what zone do you think it will change to, and why? If not, why not? What impacts would be expected to water supplies or other hydrologic features such groundwater table, oceans, etc.? How might changes in drylands elsewhere impact far away regions?
Good morning, Ron, and Class,
Changes in the next 25 years will probably occur here in Minnesota North Dakota Border. Living
exactly one mile from North Dakota it is tough when climate predictions occur. When I moved here eight years ago, I have seen unexplained climate issues associated with the Red River of the North. The North Dakota side of the Red River has seen an increase in rain fall totals. Just this year rain has been an issue here in Western Minnesota with on my farm I have only seen six inches of rain fall in the growing season. Whereas eastern North Dakota exactly 1 mile from where I live my neighbor has seen close to 11” of rain fall for the growing season. Why this happens my guess climate change. So, I think climate zone shift will happen with Western Mn. Becoming drier and eastern North Dakota becoming more wet and see its climate zone staying the same. We will probably see that drier climate however rainfall may increase, and this is due to sudden storms that will drop a lot of rain at once with sudden runoff into rivers causing rivers
to rise. However, land becoming more arid and drier will have a hard time absorbing the water. Western Mn where I live sits on a glacial aquifer of only 183’ deep (USGS groundwater for USA: Water levels -- 1 sites, 2022). Drylands in other parts of the country will start to rely more self-
irrigation using resources associated with aquifers to draw water for crops. This will result in shift in water cycle with more evaporation occurring and that water moved elsewhere through the cycle. This does not allow the aquifer to recoup a lot of the water and see critical areas of a water shortage from this.
Best of Luck in Week 5
Tom
References
Minnesota groundwater provinces 2021
. (n.d.). Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/groundwater/provinces/index.html
State climate summaries 2022
. (n.d.). State Climate Summaries 2022. https://statesummaries.ncics.org/chapter/nd/
USGS groundwater for USA: Water levels -- 1 sites
. (2022, September 3). USGS Water Data for the Nation. https://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/gwlevels/?
site_no=471649096211501
What Climate Change Means For North Dakota
. (2017). https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-
09/documents/climate-change-nd.pdf
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