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California Drought: Snowmelt's path shows impact from Sierra to Pacific
2014-06-21 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Santa Cruz Sentinel: When a single snowflake falls peacefully atop a Sierra peak, it begins a turbulent journey to help quench the thirst of a drought-stricken state. In most years, Sierra snow provides a third of California's water supply. But it is by far the least reliable portion -- and now, after three years of historically low snowfall, tensions are soaring over how we share the shrinking bounty of this great frozen reservoir. Today, on the cusp of a long, dry summer, we follow the melting snow -- and meet...
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