Her team's report will provide state policy makers with the most up-to-date picture of how the climate crisis is affecting the state. When it comes to precipitation, Vermont's trend lines are moving steadily to the extremes. And the pouring-to-parched cycle tracks a troubling forecast for the state, according to Gillian Galford, a research associate professor who is heading the University of Vermont's 2020 climate assessment, a study that is due out next summer. Though some rain has returned this fall, it hasn't been wet enough to pull Vermont out of its current water deficit. We’ll also look at ways to become more resilient in the face of changes that may be inevitable.
“Fired Up” is a semi-regular series exploring Vermont’s climate-related challenges and what residents are trying at a local level to mitigate the planet’s heating trend - noting what’s catching on and what isn’t.
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