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California water crisis ( (A long period of time of California with dry…
California water crisis
Climate change is having a profound impact on California water resources, as evidenced by changes in snowpack, sea level, and river flows. These changes are expected to continue in the future and more of our precipitation will likely fall as rain instead of snow. This potential change in weather patterns will exacerbate flood risks and add additional challenges for water supply reliability.
Rainfall Replacing Snow
The Center's report summarizes the state water resource problem succinctly:
"Most of California’s precipitation falls in the northern part of the state during the winter while the greatest demand for water comes from users in the southern part of the state during the spring and summer. A vast network of man-made reservoirs and aqueducts capture and transport water throughout the state from northern California rivers and the Colorado River. The current distribution system relies on Sierra Nevada mountain snowpack to supply water during the dry spring and summer months. Rising temperatures, potentially compounded by decreases in precipitation, could severely reduce spring snowpack, increasing the risk of summer water shortages."
“Stay hydrated, try to wear light clothes and light colors, and try to limit activity outside,” said Keily Delerme, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. “Do not leave pets or kids in the car, even if it’s for a short period of time. It can be dangerous.”
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“California’s farms produce and export fruits and vegetables, hay for livestock, meat and dairy products. Surface water for farms is allocated from state and federal water projects.”
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A long period of time of California with dry conditions, result in increasing the mortality of a lot of species in danger and the decrease of reproduction in between them.
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California’s landscape is now filled with dusty lands and, due to the rain, there’s green dots in it.
Government started charging the farmers for the water and this resulted in unemployment for many of them because of adaptation to the consequences of the situation imparted by laws.
Farmers won’t have it anymore for agriculture that it is important for both the country itself and exportation of the products. Farmers were also some part of the cause of it because they use to get the water for free for their work and they though it was endless until the scarcity started to happen.
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“An excessive heat warning means an extended period of dangerously hot temperatures will occur with increased occurrences of heat illnesses likely,” the service said.
It was 111 degrees at one point on Friday at the University of California Los Angeles, breaking the all-time high temperature record of 109 degrees set in 1939, the weather service reported on Twitter.
That was still 6 degrees cooler than the record 117 degrees set in Woodland Hills, a Los Angeles neighborhood, at about 1 p.m. local time on Friday, the service said.
Cooling centers will be open across the Los Angeles area and other California communities. Los Angeles officials told residents they should also visit libraries, recreation centers, senior centers and museums to stay cool.
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