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News Release 14-129
Cause of California drought linked to climate change
Extreme atmospheric conditions responsible for drought more likely to occur in current global warming
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The drought crippling California is by some measures the worst in the state's history.
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Cracked, dry earth is common throughout California's drying waterways and reservoirs.
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California has a complex water distribution system: here, the California Aqueduct in dry farmland.
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From the International Space Station in January 2014: No snow on California's mountains.
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Large, fast-moving wildfires in Southern California in May 2014: They happened early this year.
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By August 2014, several large wildfires were also burning in Northern California.
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