Summer’s Record Heat, Drought Point to Longer-Term Climate Issues

submitted by Tom McGinn

July 26, 2012 - Fish float to the surface in a lake near the West Des Moines Library.  Rodney White / The Register

washingtonpost.com - by Peter Whoriskey - August 11, 2012

In OTTUMWA, IOWA — Driving by a boat ramp one Saturday morning last month, a local man noticed some white spots on the Des Moines River.

The undersides of dead sturgeon formed glistening constellations in the muddy brown water.

In all, about 58,000 dead fish were along a 42-mile stretch, according to state officials, and the cause of death appeared to be heat.

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http://www.npr.org/2012/08/06/158232649/midwest-fish-kills-exacerbated-by-record-heat

http://thegazette.com/2012/07/22/des-moines-river-fish-kill-tops-10-million-in-value/