Climate change intensifying California's long-running drought

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Megan Darby writes on RTCC
about how climate change is
intensifying California's drought.

uman-induced climate change is intensifying California’s long-running drought, fresh evidence shows.

As the dry spell continues its fourth year, US researchers estimate 8-27% of the phenomenon is caused by global warming.

By the 2060s, the state famous for good weather is set for “more or less permanent” drought, according to the study in Geophysical Research Letters.

While the shortage of rain can be put down to natural variations in weather, scientists increasingly agree that rising temperatures make things worse.

Read Megan Darby’s story on RTCC - “Climate change is worsening California drought – study.”