While the drought has gotten somwhat better, it is still extremely severe. The lack of snow pack made it hard to tell what season we were in without a calendar, even in January and February. Scientists have been studying the tree rings of blue oaks throughout the Sierra Nevada and California's Central Valley to find the precipitation levels and winter temperatures dating back to around 1500. Using this data and known correlations to snow pack levels, the scientists could say that the snow pack in the Sierra Nevada this winter is the lowest in 500 years. Knowing that this snow pack is extremely low, shows just how severe the drought is and further exemplifies the massive recent change in global climate. Sadly enough this finding is not too shocking. It does however, continue to paint the picture of man-made climate change and the terrible consequences it can have all around the globe. More water conservation methods need to be made in order to preserve the water we do get, but lets just hope that all the praying people have been doing really works.
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May 2017
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