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In Idaho, production agriculture is a $2.8 billion annual industry, 60% of which comes from crops. Almost 70% of the farmed acres are irrigated. The major crops in the state are wheat, hay, barley, and potatoes. Climate change could increase wheat yields by 9-18%. Barley and hay could increase by 12%, and potato yields could fall by 18% under ...
The global average sea level has risen about 250 millimetres (9.8 in) since 1880. [ 1] Sea surface height change from 1992 to 2019 – NASA. The visualization is based on data collected from the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, Jason-2, and Jason-3 satellites. Blue regions are where sea level has gone down, and orange/red regions are where sea level ...
Dennis Owlsey, a hydrogeologist with the Idaho Department of Water Resources, stood before a screen one day this summer, looking at a map showing the conversion of farmland to development ...
In 2017, the real estate website Zillow wrote that if climate predictions were correct, by 2100 "One in eight Florida homes would be under water, accounting for nearly half of the lost housing value nationwide." This calculation was based on comparing NOAA maps for a 6-foot sea level rise with the Zillow database of homes. [63]
If the amount of water available drops by 10% from its historical level, there are two basic ways to deal with that: 1. The farmer with the most junior water rights goes out of business (and the ...
Recently, the IDWR added 12,000 acre-feet to the 240,000-acre-foot mitigation plan until aquifer level benchmarks are met, which increase yearly. ... Idaho has plenty of water, as evidenced by the ...
When global warming is factored in, changes occur, particularly in areas where deep water is formed. [49] As the oceans warm and glaciers and polar ice caps melt, more and more fresh water is released into the high latitude regions where deep water forms, lowering the density of the surface water.
July 1, 2024 at 6:00 AM. Bryan Clark/Idaho Statesman. Last week, a curtailment order that had cut off groundwater irrigation throughout much of central and eastern Idaho was lifted. The order had ...