Our research has shown that global warming has doubled the odds of the warm, dry conditions that are intensifying and prolonging this drought, which now holds records not only for lowest precipitation and highest temperature, but also for the lowest spring snowpack in the Sierra Nevada in at least 500 years. These changing odds make it much more likely that similar conditions will occur again, exacerbating other stresses on agriculture, ecosystems and people.
Saturday, September 19, 2015
The Drought
NYT: A Wet Winter Won’t Save California By NOAH S. DIFFENBAUGH and CHRISTOPHER B. FIELD
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