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In net, there is undoubtedly more evapotranspiration of Colorado River water than previously (the river used to reach the Sea and now is “over-allocated”), however the location of the evaporation has been redistributed to desert farms and cities.

The field of Urban Ecology looks at the Urban Heat Island effect and how trees help to mitigate it — at least in the wealthier areas that can afford to plant, irrigate, and maintain trees that provide shade and latent heat cooling via evapotranspiration.

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I tried studying and talking to the city council at the Salton Sea, speaking of diverting CA water. There's so much bureaucracy that nothing's going to get done until that's cleared up. There was even a park ranger there who did know a lot of these effects but he was 'just some ranger'.

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