Crater Lake’s crystal clear waters: threatened by climate change
Crater Lake is Oregon’s only national park and if you haven’t been yet, you’d better go soon. The Oregonianwrites that a new report by the U.S. Geological Survey shows warming temperatures, due to climate change, may forever murky its world famous, crystal clear, deep blue waters.
According to a 2013 National Park Service Report, Crater Lake is a vital economic driver of local area tourism. Visitors to Crater Lake contributed an additional $34,688,000 to communities surrounding the park and supported 565 jobs in just one year. And that’s just the ecomony. Imagine what a loss it would be to local communities, our state as a whole and future generations if Crater Lake lost its luster because of climate change.
Big props to The Oregonian for writing about this important climate impact. (But pay no attention, Oregonian editorial board; climate change still isn’t a local issue, right Erik Lukens?)
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THANK YOU for pointing out this important article! So glad the Oregonian has acknowledged the tremendous impact climate change is having on Crater Lake, one of our most spectacular national treasures!
Nice to see the Oregonian noticing local impacts of climate change. Now lets see some stories on some of the other local effects of global climate change we are seeing her in Oregon like ground level ozone and asthma, the increase in oil train traffic through the pacific NW, the out control fire season, drought, extreme heat events….
hat a loss it would be to local communities, our state as a whole and future generations if Crater Lake lost its luster because of climate change.
Lynn Merrick
May 6, 2016 (1:12 am)
THANK YOU for pointing out this important article! So glad the Oregonian has acknowledged the tremendous impact climate change is having on Crater Lake, one of our most spectacular national treasures!
Lynn Merrick
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Pat O'Herron
May 9, 2016 (10:37 pm)
Nice to see the Oregonian noticing local impacts of climate change. Now lets see some stories on some of the other local effects of global climate change we are seeing her in Oregon like ground level ozone and asthma, the increase in oil train traffic through the pacific NW, the out control fire season, drought, extreme heat events….