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California May Have Hit Its Driest Point in 500 Years, and the Effects Are Frightening
2014-02-03 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: California is dry as a bone, and the effects are like something out of an apocalyptic film. Cities are running out of water. Communities are fighting over what little water there is. Local governments are imposing rationing coupled with steep fines. Fires are ravaging the state. Entire species and industries are threatened. For California, 2013 was the driest year since the state started measuring rainfall in 1849. Paleoclimatologist B. Lynn Ingram says that, according to the width of old tree...
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