UCLA Study: Less Snow and More Rainfall Spell Trouble for California

UCLA Study: Less Snow and More Rainfall Spell Trouble for California

vor 5 Jahren
By the 2070s, climate change will reduce snowpack and increase extreme rainfall in the Sierra Nevada and California’s reservoirs will likely be overwhelmed. That’s according to a new study by UCLA climate scientists,
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vor 5 Jahren
By the 2070s, climate change will reduce snowpack and increase
extreme rainfall in the Sierra Nevada and California’s reservoirs
will likely be overwhelmed. That’s according to a new study by UCLA
climate scientists, who predict that run-off during so-called
atmospheric rivers  will increase by nearly 50 percent,
leading to widespread flooding across the state. We’ll talk about
the impact of climate change on Sierra weather patterns and what it
all means for the state’s water supply.
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