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Fire is the dominant type of disturbance in boreal North America, but the past 30-plus years have seen a gradual increase in fire frequency and severity as a result of warmer and drier conditions. From the 1960s to the 1990s, the annual area burned increased from an average of 1.4 to 3.1 million hectares per year.
The taiga experiences relatively low precipitation throughout the year (generally 200–750 mm (7.9–29.5 in) annually, 1,000 mm (39 in) in some areas), primarily as rain during the summer months, but also as snow or fog. Snow may remain on the ground for as long as nine months in the northernmost extensions of the taiga biome. [25]
The Copper Plateau taiga is an ecoregion ... This a very wet and damp region with up to 460mm rainfall per year and with temperatures ranging from -27 °C in ...
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The Cook Inlet taiga is a taiga and boreal ... This coast has a gentle landscape and a relatively mild climate for Alaska with 380–680 mm of rainfall per year. [1]
Western Washington is known as having a far wetter climate than the eastern portion of the state, primarily due to the effects of the Cascades' rain shadow. The average location in Eastern Washington only receives an average of 46.87 centimetres (18.45 inches) of precipitation per year, [1] whereas the average place in Western Washington ...
If Bellingham can hit its 2030 goals, the city will not just be doing its part, but can be an example for more cities to follow. This is why Bellingham missed its community climate reduction ...
Those systems are warmer and will bring increasingly heavy rain to the lowlands and the North Cascades above 5,000 feet, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service in Seattle.