Climate change in Oregon

In the coming decades, coastal waters will become more acidic, streams will be warmer, wildfires may be more common, and some rangelands may convert to desert".

At the Whiskey Creek Hatchery in Netarts Bay, for example, acidic seawater during spawning has reduced the growth rates and survival of young oysters.

Water temperatures will rise, which would hurt Chinook and sockeye salmon in the interior Columbia River Basin.

[1] "Climate change can increase the frequency and severity of fires that burn forests, grasslands, and desert vegetation.

The changing climate is likely to more than double the area in the Northwest burned by forest fires during an average year by the end of the 21 st century.

[1] "The combination of more fires and drier conditions may expand deserts and otherwise change the landscape in the dry eastern portion of the state.

Warmer temperatures and a drier climate would generally extend the geographic range of the Great Basin desert.

In other cases, fires or livestock grazing may accelerate the conversion of grassland to the desert in response to the changing climate.

Higher temperatures cause cows to eat less, grow more slowly, and produce less milk, and in extreme cases may threaten their health.

Again, House and Senate Republicans fled the capital to prevent the minimum number of representatives from being present to vote on the bill.

[3] In April 2016, a lawsuit began in Oregon was admitted by a federal magistrate judge in the name of 21 teenagers and children pushing for more aggressive climate policies.