In the article As the West Goes Dry, Service uses melting snow on the West and Northwest mountains to exemplify the effects of global warming. The western side of the country uses snow packs from the mountains for its reservoirs during the spring and summer months. 75% of water in Western streams is attributed to melted snow. Even with only a slight increase in temperature overtime (0.8’C), the snow packs have decreased significantly and the summertime flow of water from the melted snowpack is expected to be 20-50% less this year. Some climatologists believe these increases in temperature can be explained by the warming and cooling trends in the 1900s, where temperature increased during 1920s-1940s and decreased during 1950s-1960s, however that trend theory does not explain the largest loses of snowpack are at the lowest elevations. Even if we are currently in a warming trend, temperatures are only predicted to increase further and faster, leaving us with the same issues. The decrease in snow packs will impact where the limited water will be dispersed in the warmer months. This will especially affect farmers and agriculture. It will also increase the risk for natural disasters such as forest fires. The author offers unbiased information for the reader on the current melting snow in the West, why it is increasing, and what the potential outcomes could be. Service uses multiple academic sources, including reputable climatologists who oppose Service's explanation to further delve into the issue. By the author supporting his ideas with multiple reliable research centers and using contradictory opinions then proving them wrong, there is little left for the reader to wonder about the information's validity. The article also offered further insight to the current situation by using a cause-and-effect method of explaining how the rising temperatures not only affect the resources available to us, but also may increase natural disasters and wildlife.