Cali, Colombia

California has many beautiful deserts of the world. So, the people mostly comes to visit the different desert in the “Shoulder Season”. This season starts from March and in

Normal summer conditions in Southern California are dry, often with extreme heat and low humidity level of sixty percent. California has been in a cycle of intense heat, drought, and high fire risk. During the majority of the summer season, individuals in Southern California are at either at an extreme caution or caution level according to the heat index. The heat index is a tool used to convert weather temperatures into a more understandable value by accounting for humidity level (Clements & Casani, 2014). The heat index recommends adding fifteen degrees Fahrenheit when in direct sunlight.

Colombia, republic in South America, situated in the northwestern part of the continent, and bounded on the north by Panama and the Caribbean Sea, on the east by Venezuela and Brazil, on the south by Peru and Ecuador, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Colombia is the only country of South America with coasts on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The total land area of the country is 1,141,748 sq km (440,831 sq mi). The capital and largest city is Bogotá.

I.) Water and Drought in California: Facts and data show that the weather we are experiencing here in California is that there is a difference between La Niña that brings the ocean temperature down and making them cooler and El Niño brings much warmer ocean temperatures. Currently california is experiencing a weakened La Niña. With a 55% chance of this weather continuing for the next 3 months. La Niña affect patterns of rainfall, atmospheric pressure, and global atmospheric circulation. Even though California is in a severe drought, with coordination, modernization, and compromise, California should be able to provide enough water for a growing population and growing economy.

A major problem in Southern California is that Los Angeles experiences very little rain all year, followed by intense downpours that last less than one day (53). Its unreliable rainfall severely hurts the region. In Northern California, mountains such as the Sierra Nevada allow for a huge range in rainfall over a short distance. “…a place on the western slope of the range may receive eighty or so inches of precipitation in a year, while a place on the east slope, fifty miles away, may receive ten inches or less” (58).

Most of us consider drought as a period of dry and hot weather with too little or no rain, and while any or all of these conditions might be existent during drought, the definition of drought is more complex and subtle. According to the United States Geological Survey, California Water Science Center (as cited in Congressional Digest, 2015, p. 2):

The climate in California is expected to become warmer in the next few decades, as stated above. It would cause five key threats to California: drought and wildfires, coastal danger, bad air days, spreading disease and loss of native fish.3

I have researched the effect of climate change on California’s natural water supply. California has a diverse climate throughout, being a large state with sixteen different climate zones recognized. These can be subdivided into four major climatic zones as follows: North Coast, South Coast, Central Valley, and Desert/Mountain.

he regions i choose were California, Marco Island, Porto, and Guarapari. Let me just say that they all have some very common temperatures, but some different precipatations. The highest temperature California has ever had is 73.6 degrees fahrenheit, the highest temperature Marco Island has ever had is 80.5 degrees fahrenheit, the highest temperature Porto has ever had is 67 degrees fahrenheit, and the highest temperature Guarapari has ever had is 101 degrees fahrenheit. Now all of the temperatures are very common, but in Guarapari is the highest one which was 101 degrees fahrenheit. The other temperatures are very cool,but Guarapari is 101 degrees fahrenheit which is very hot.

The Central Valley is located centrally in the heart of California and is surrounded by two mountain ranges, the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the east and the Coast Range to the west. Due to its location, the area is plagued by poor air quality and extremely hot summers. The Central Valley is primarily known for its agriculture. However, for more than five years now, California has been in a drought. It has experienced some of the worst heatwaves in the country, with temperatures ranging from 105 to 110 degrees fahrenheit for months on end. This can be attributed to the rainshadow effect, which leaves the region with very little precipitation for a majority of the year. Most of the moisture filled clouds are blown into the surrounding mountain

I read an article published on CNN titled "Climate change could leave Californians with 'weather whiplash". In the article, it explains how California is known for its nice and soothing environment but with the enjoyable weather comes major shifts in its climate causing the weather patterns to be weak between drought and flood. The climate patterns have significant impacts on society and human life, causing extremely climate conditions only making mitigation and adaptation that much worse. According to UCLA Center for Climate Science, the dramatic swings from wet to dry will be twice as likely every 25 years, by 2100.

In the months from June to September the average monthly temperature is around 91 degrees, which is ten degrees warmer than the state average according to the National Weather

The atmospheric conditions relate to the unprecedented drought presently afflicting California is "very likely" connected to human-caused global climate change, Stanford scientists write during anew research paper.

root factors: The financial crisis, and subsequently the poor state of the economy prior to 1989, meant that many farms and agricultural industries could not afford the chemicals required so traditional methods were used to maintain the soil, the fact that the Dominican Republic is an island isolated the country from many of the problem pests involved in farming on the mainland. The second factor adding to the prosperity of the industry was the jump the Dominican Republic had on the organic food market, which arose in the early 90s due to their lack of chemical use. At this time 90% of organic products exported from the Dominican Republic went to Europe .

The short story Mexico City from 1950 was written by Ray Bradbury. The original name for this story was The Window. It was later named Mexico City and Calling Mexico. All three names make sense considering what the story is about.