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In addition there seems to be a number of effects on ecological systems throughout the United States. In the state of Tennessee, one of the key effects of global warming seems to be the radical changes to the geological composition as well as wildlife health of the Ohio-Tennessee Basin. [2] Some of the changes to the Ohio-Tennessee Basin include:
Tennessee covers roughly 42,143 square miles (109,150 km 2), of which 926 square miles (2,400 km 2), or 2.2%, is water. It is the 16th smallest state in terms of land area. The state is about 440 miles (710 km) long from east to west and 112 miles (180 km) wide from north to south.
Classes are canceled Monday at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, an East Tennessee community hit hard by floods. The university campus itself will be open for other functions, but ...
Map of the Tennessee Watershed. The Tennessee Valley Divide is the boundary of the drainage basin of the Tennessee River and its tributaries.. The Tennessee River drainage basin begins with its tributaries in southwestern Virginia and flows generally west to the confluence of the Tennessee with the Ohio River at Paducah, Kentucky.
A large paper mill (once part of Champion International Paper and now the Blue Ridge Paper Company) in Canton was the primary source of considerable dioxin and particulate matter pollution discharged into the Pigeon River. The pollution situation in the river became a minor issue in the campaign for the 1988 Presidential election.
Newport, Tennessee saw the highest river levels, according to the National Weather Service, with its river cresting at nearly 29 feet. Further south in Gatlinburg, the water levels were lower.
This particular water source, located some 350 to 1100 ft (100 – 330 m) underground, is stated to contain more than 100 trillion gallons (380 km 3) of water by Memphis Light, Gas, and Water, which draws, verifies the cleanliness of, and distributes the water to over 250,000 customers. [4]
The climate maps for Bean Station, Tennessee, warn of an extreme air pollution risk for the community. The number of unhealthy air days in a bad year will increase by 2% over the next 30 years.