本powerpoint演示文稿首先简要概述了气候变化，并预测了未来气候变化。统计数据引自IPCC第四次评估报告:气候变化 2007年。该研究的重点是气候变化对美国西部干旱地区的影响，并预测了西部的积雪变化，以及降水、地表温度上升速度快于SST的信息；蒸发和蒸腾作用；气候变化对水的可能影响 供求关系；海平面上升；对水质的影响；以及减轻气候变化的影响。

This powerpoint presentation begins by providing a brief overview of climate change along with projections of future changes in climate. Statistics are quoted from the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007. The focus of the study is on the impacts of climate change on the arid western U.S., and Predicted Snow Pack Changes in the West are presented, along with information on precipitation, land surface temperatures are rising faster than SSTs; evaporation and transpiration; Possible Impacts of Climate Change on Water Supply and Demand; sea level rise; impacts on water quality; and, mitigating the effects of climate change.