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Many millions of California trees died from the drought – approximately 102 million, including 62 million in 2016 alone. [32] By the end of 2016, 30% of California had emerged from the drought, mainly in the northern half of the state, while 40% of the state remained in the extreme or exceptional drought levels. [33]
According to the NOAA Drought Task Force report of 2014, the drought was not part of a long-term change in precipitation and was a symptom of the natural variability, although the record-high temperature that accompanied the recent drought may have been amplified due to the enhanced greenhouse effect; human-induced global warming. [9]
Gleick said there is often a measurable "rebound effect" after state officials remove drought orders, as former Gov. Jerry Brown did in 2017 following a similar series of storms. Though some ...
After severe drought conditions for most of this century, California is forecast to have its second wet year in a row, though not quite as wet as the exceptional precipitation of a year ago ...
A dry start to the water year in California could ignite drought conditions in a matter of months, climate experts warn. The state is undergoing its worst start to a water year in a decade ...
California is the most populous state and largest agricultural producer in the United States, and as such, drought in California can have a severe economic as well as environmental impact. The historical and ongoing droughts in California are caused by lack of rainfall (or snowfall), higher average temperatures , and drier air masses in the ...
More than 72,000 people are living in drought conditions in California, the U.S. Drought Monitor said. A third of California is ‘abnormally dry,’ drought monitor says. Where are conditions worst?
In February 2014, the Californian drought effects caused the California Department of Water Resources to develop plans for a temporary reduction of water allocations to farmland by up to 50% at the time. During that period California's 38 million residents experienced 13 consecutive months of drought.