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Commentary: Want to visualize the realities of a warmer planet? Give this online tool a try

The Clark Fork River drains much of western Montana, bringing water from the Crown of the Continent to the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean. My daily commute via bicycle crosses the Clark Fork most days and has allowed me to discern a rhythm and tempo in how the seasons come and go — a composition of daily weatherlike notes in a musical score that is the climate of Missoula, Montana.

Our global climate is changing. This is not ambiguous or uncertain. It is our reality. And with it, the need to communicate the importance

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