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Climatologist Professor Steven Running warns of ‘water refugees’ in Montana

It’s one of the building blocks of life. A resource that’s bountiful in western Montana — in our lakes and waterways, and underground. Our water, according to Professor Steven Running http://www.ntsg.umt.edu/user/9 , is what could become the state’s biggest draw.

"We could end up, I suppose, with a dramatic acceleration of population here," Running said. "Like we’ve never seen before."

Running has studied climate change for much of his career. He even won a Nobel Prize for his work in 2007.

"In the last 50 years, the winters have grown shorter and the summers, two weeks longer," Running explained. "In the next 50 years, we expect two more weeks of shorter winter, which is when we store up the water, and two weeks of longer summer, where we use it."

By Will Wadley, KECI Weekend Anchor, [email protected]

Full Story: http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/climatologist-warns-of-water-refugees-in-montana/32310838

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