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Modeled soil moisture changes at the end of the 21st century under three greenhouse gas emissions scenarios Drought area in the United States Drought area in California A typical dry lakebed is seen in California, which is experiencing its worst megadrought in 1,200 years, and is therefore water rationing. [1]
A typical dry lakebed is seen in California, which experienced its worst megadrought in 1,200 years in 2022. The drought was precipitated by climate change. California rationed water in response. [1] A megadrought is an exceptionally severe drought, lasting for many years and covering a wide area.
2007–2009 saw three years of drought conditions, the 12th worst drought period in the state's history, and the first drought for which a statewide proclamation of emergency was issued. The drought of 2007–2009 also saw greatly reduced water diversions from the state water project.
Experts say the past few years of drought have been the worst the state has seen in 1,200 years.
The megadrought that has gripped the southwestern United States for the past 22 years is the worst since at least 800 A.D., according to a new study. U.S. megadrought worst in at least 1,200 years ...
The American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years and is a worst-case climate change scenario playing out live, a new study finds. A ...
In 2011 intense drought struck much of Texas, New Mexico and a large portion of the Southwest bringing much of the region its worst drought seen since the Dust Bowl years of the 1930s. Most of the drought in Texas ended or had it impacts ease by spring and summer 2012 as precipitation returned to the region, while the New Mexican drought ...
Even after a year and a half of wet weather, research shows the American West has experienced the driest 25-year period in 1,200 years. When might the megadrought end?