Tuesday, April 24, 2018

California's wild extremes of flooding and drought will only get worse as the planet warms

Between 2011 and 2017, California suffered through one of the worst droughts in its history. As the drought broke in what would be California's wettest winter in a century, extreme flooding caused severe damage and killed several people. In a study recently published in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers predict that similar patterns of polarized weather will continue to define California's climate well into the 21st century, particularly if greenhouse gas emissions are not immediately...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/californias-wild-extremes-of-flooding-and-drought-will-only-get-worse-as-the-planet-warms
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