According to a study published in
the nature journal Scientific Reports,
which looked at a how changes in the climate can impact lengthy droughts, found
that forces which “intermittently warm intermittently warmed the region through
a process called radiative forcing” have been at the center of these
inexplicably long droughts. It also found that greenhouse gasses may also be a huge
factor in this process. According to one professor MacDonald, a professor of
geography, ecology, and evolutionary biology, who is also an international
authority on climate change, as long as warming forces, like greenhouse gasses,
are present in the atmosphere they can potentially perpetuate the drought
forever.
The
researchers conducted this study by examining large portions from different
strata in the ground. They found that certain layers showed signs of high
aridity, a lack of moisture. The researchers were able to clearly see a wide
variety of historically documented droughts, including two instances of
droughts in Kirman Lake. The article concludes by admitting that we are a
technologically advanced culture, so it is unlikely that California will stop
being a primarily agricultural state, but will still see a huge cut in
productivity. California is also anticipated to receive an increase in
wildfires and most bodies f water are likely to dry out.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160915131524.htm
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