Grist: The previous record for low snowpack was the 25 percent of normal recorded this time last year, as well as in another period of record drought, from 1976-1977. California has been in the throes of a drought that is now in its fourth year, and that has been linked to climate change.
So were not only setting a new low, were completely obliterating the previous record, David Rizzardo, the chief of snow surveys for Californias Department of Water Resources, said during a teleconference held by...