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Climate change is affecting Utah with increasing temperatures. Just in the past two years, Utah set new records for most 100 degree days in a year and highest recorded temperature. The author has also noticed less snowy winters and hotter summers since moving to Utah in 2016 from a cooler climate. Experts predict temperatures will rise another 3 degrees by 2050, showing the problematic impacts of climate change.

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Climate change is affecting Utah with increasing temperatures. Just in the past two years, Utah set new records for most 100 degree days in a year and highest recorded temperature. The author has also noticed less snowy winters and hotter summers since moving to Utah in 2016 from a cooler climate. Experts predict temperatures will rise another 3 degrees by 2050, showing the problematic impacts of climate change.

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Geog 1000 Signature Assignment

Allen Vilano

NUAMES

December 22, 2022


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Geog 1000 Signature Assignment

Climate change is affecting everyone's lives, whether they believe it or not. The

undeniable evidence shows that we are dooming our planet, and our future generations with the

amount of greenhouse gasses we are currently emitting. This rise in temperature is problematic

for everyone, increasing rates of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. My experience with climate

change is limited, but I still have experienced some changes due to climate change.

We moved to the US in 2016 coming from a relatively cooler climate than Utah’s. And I

remember when we first moved here in the summer I thought that it was hot, but I was also

coming from a country where 80 degrees fahrenheit was the average for the summer, so I did not

pay any extra attention to the temperature. However, over the years I have noticed winters with

less and less snow, and summers with increasing temperatures.

Just this year (2022), Utah broke their record for the most 100 degree days in the year,

having at least 22 days with temperatures over 100 degrees (Bittan, 2022). Furthermore, in 2021

Utah tied the previous record from 1994 with 21 days reaching 100 degrees (Gereau, 2022). The

evidence shows that just in the past two years Utah has been increasing in temperature over the

summer, having their record high temp, and most days over 100 degrees happening one year

after the other. And just last year (2021) Utah also reached a record high temperature of 117

degrees fahrenheit in St. George (Bittan, 2022). And predictions for the future do not seem

promising either; with experts predicting temperatures will rise three degrees just by 2050.

In conclusion, even though I may not have experiences like others, I have noticed that

climate change is affecting my life. Climate change is affecting Utah temperatures with record
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high temperatures just in the past year alone, while also experiencing more and more days over

100 degrees fahrenheit.


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References

Bittan, R. (2022, August 17). Salt Lake City breaks record for most triple-digit temperatures in a

year. ABC4 Utah. Retrieved December 22, 2022, from

https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/salt-lake-city-breaks-record-for-most-triple-digit-

temperatures-in-a-year/

Climate change. Utah Rivers Council. (n.d.). Retrieved December 22, 2022, from

https://utahrivers.org/climate-change#:~:text=By%20the%20year%202100%2C%20avera

ge,in%20summer%20above%20today's%20temperatures.

Gereau, J. (2022, August 17). Salt Lake City experiences 22 days of 100+ degree temperatures.

UPR Utah Public Radio. Retrieved December 22, 2022, from

https://www.upr.org/utah-news/2022-08-17/salt-lake-city-experiences-22-days-of-100-de

gree-temperatures

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