Air Currents and Climate Change In Mountain Areas

Image Oregon State UniversityGreenTracker| Researchers in Oregon have concluded that more research must be done on the effects of global warming in areas impacted by local air movements. Their findings conclude that temperatures may double or even triple in these areas.

Based on a regional temperature increase of about 5 degrees projected for western Oregon by 2100, the study concluded that some locations, such as mountain ridge tops, could actually increase as much as 14 degrees at some times, while cold air pools in the valleys below them with temperature increases similar to the regional average. via Science Daily