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Letter to Editor by Ray Mallette, Ashland Daily Tidings, July 14, 2017; also in Medford Mail Tribune, July 19. 2017

We are surrounded daily by news of the current and projected effects of climate change on our environmental surroundings and lifestyle:

• • Increases in temperature highs, increased variability in weather extremes associated with rainfall and storms, increased chances of drought and fire.
  • Increased CO² in the atmosphere, higher acidity in the oceans, rising sea levels.
  • Decreased snowfall, melting of glaciers and breaking up of polar ice sheets.

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