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Colorado is 2 degrees warmer than it was in the 1980s. Here’s what climate change means for the next 30 years.

Warming trend is here to stay — but there’s some positive news, too

Alan Mazzotti walks through one of his pumpkin fields on Oct. 26, 2023, in Hudson, Colorado. For some pumpkin growers in states like Texas, New Mexico and Colorado, the annual pumpkin crop was a reminder of the water challenges hitting agriculture across the Southwest and West as human-caused climate change exacerbates drought and heat extremes. (Photo by Brittany Peterson/Associated Press)
Alan Mazzotti walks through one of his pumpkin fields on Oct. 26, 2023, in Hudson, Colorado. For some pumpkin growers in states like Texas, New Mexico and Colorado, the annual pumpkin crop was a reminder of the water challenges hitting agriculture across the Southwest and West as human-caused climate change exacerbates drought and heat extremes. (Photo by Brittany Peterson/Associated Press)
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8: Elise Schmelzer - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | eschmelzer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Colorado's warming climate means scarcer water supplies, 10 times as many summer heat waves and more intense wildfire seasons, according to a new comprehensive study of how climate change will affect the state.
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