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“UC Santa Barbara researchers say the combination of drought and warming climate may have major environmental consequences.” The following is an article from the UCSB news central service, The Current, titled “A One-Two Punch” which was written by Shelly Leachman and posted January 28, 2014: California being in the clutches of drought — as it is today — is nothing new. From prehistoric droughts to...

The following is an article by Yale University’s Environment 360 Digest (a publication of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies), posted 23 January with the title above: A pair of NASA images, taken a year apart, show the profound impacts of California’s current drought, which Gov. Jerry Brown said yesterday poses a major threat to California’s environment and economy. A satellite image taken last...

“WHEREAS the State of California is experiencing record dry conditions, with 2014 projected to become the driest year on record; and WHEREAS the state’s water supplies have dipped to alarming levels, indicated by: snowpack in California’s mountains is approximately 20 percent of the normal average for this date; California’s largest water reservoirs have very low water levels for this time of year;...