Climate Change In California

The Dust Bowl drought was the worst in U.S. history that was around 1930. It was in the mid west where it covered sixty percent of the country. Millions of people had to move to other parts because it lasted four years. It was "at its peak in 1934" according to "National Climate Data Center". We already have a lot of drought in California and west although one might say it is all of the U.S. With little rain and high tempatures in the summers drys out the vegatation which become a hazard for fires. Global warming might have some to do with the problem of drought. High populations need more water, with more water being used, depletes resources of water supplies which causes drought also. People need to become more aware of the use of the use of water, a lot of people take it for granite that there is plenty out there for all of us to share. In fact, if we don't start to conserve, we might not have water like we do in the future.

Drought can occur for many different reasons. Drought mostly occurs by not receiving rain or snow for a prolonged period of time. This can occur if wind patterns change. Humans can also cause drought by cutting down broad areas of trees resulting in the soil in the ground being unable to hold water, a great example of this is the dust bowl of the

Because most greenhouse gases would remain in the atmosphere for a long period of time, the temperature of the earth will be continuously rising. If global heat-trapping emissions proceed at a medium to high rate, temperatures in California are expected to rise 4.7 to 10.5°F by the end of the century1. With the rise of temperature, the climate of California would also be changed. California has large area of forest and farmland, hundreds of miles of coastline, large amount of snowpack, and other natural wonders. And these special treasures of nature are especially at risk2. So it is very necessary to understand the strategies of California to combat climate change.

As most of us know California for the past four years has been in a drought. As I read an article called “How Much Of California’s Drought Was Caused By Climate Change? Scientists Now Have The Answer.” written by Katie Valentine it said,”Over the last few years, as California’s historic, four-year drought has intensified, scientists have found clues linking the extreme weather event to human-caused climate change.”If we are the cause what can we do to help stop this? The reason I say this is because we have started to put restrictions on water

As much as we could hope and try, there is no way to have control over the weather. There is the possibility to move water in, but it is much harder to keep water out when many states reach their levels. In chapter four weather and climate is the main goal. According to figure 4.30 in the book California is in the CS, Cfb and H. Which means some are in the highlands with wet winters and hot summer. It seems like the north part is getting plenty of rain, while the southern is consistently battling droughts. On page 104 of the book they mention climate change and how it is not only affecting the US, but the rest of the world as well. Many say that these drought that are happening in California will be short-term, but it unknown how long they

They have had to spend gas money to drive out and get water from reservoirs and lakes, going to family of friends houses, or getting buckets of water from the nearest stores. Some people have had to reserve their water to drinking only and have to go without showering or something as simple as flushing the toilet. Some families have private wells, they worked before but most of them are dry by now. Drillers are on high demand in places experiencing the worst of the drought.

You decide to stay at home at help out around the house. The drought can’t last very long, you think. It will rain soon. The longest drought that ever happened was in the Shang Dynasty, when many merchants thrived, because of a terrible emperor. You pray to the gods for rain and sun, and you also pray for the

California is one of the most progressive states in America, and is constantly evolving and advancing in fields such as technology, food, and entertainment. The biggest change in California is not one of those three but rather the climate. Climate change is a term coined by physicist Gilbert Plass during the 1950’s to describe the total change in global climate patterns. In his research Plass discovered that the earth was heating up due to carbon dioxide emissions trapping heat from escaping the earth’s atmosphere. What he really discovered was the connection between climate change with global warming and the greenhouse effect. California specifically has contributed significantly to carbon dioxide emissions and the warming of the earth. We

California is going through the worse drought it has faced in many decades. It is not just the lack of rain we received last year, but poor management of our water resources which worsen the drought. The mere idea of running out of water is not to be taken lightly, only a small amount on our planet is safe for human consumption; keeping that in mind Californians must face the necessity to rationalize water in order to cope with the concurrent crisis. The practice of rationing will help maintain water levels. The expected result of this calamity is water shortages and a major impact in the agricultural level across our entire state. The public needs to realize their need to start conserving water. A major turning point capable of making the

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.

Imagine going on a nice trip to California but you couldn't anymore because of a wildfire. Wildfires are a huge problem, not just wildfires there is also droughts, hurricanes, and floods. All are caused by Climate change which is a huge problem that needs to be stopped.

California feature is that it has almost all of climate types such as: windy, hot, cold, and etc. What’s the impact of climate variability and change? Well according to the (sciencedirect). There is increasing concern over the consequences of global warming for the food security and livings of the world's 36 million fisher folk and the nearly 1.5 billion consumers who rely on fish for more than 20% of their dietary animal protein. With mounting evidence of the impacts of climate variability and change on aquatic ecosystems, the resulting impacts on fisheries livings are likely to be significant, but remain a neglected area in climate adaptation policy. Drawing upon our research and the available literature,

Drought, like a destructing earthquake or flood, is a natural disaster. Drought is an insidious hazard to nature. It results from a deficiency of precipitation over a long period of time over an area. Precipitation is any kind of moisture like rain, snow, and sleet. One can determine how malicious a drought can be by the amount of precipitation, and how long it is (Gleick, 2006).

A drought is a period of time in which no rain water is available, resulting in water shortages for people of that region. Droughts can harm animals and reduce their food by destroying their grassland it can also reduce or destroy crop harvest.

Although the drought especially the latest drought period cannot be blamed on climate change as a result of human activity, it is still a major cause of the same. According to Justin Gillis in his article in the New York times, he says that, “Global warming caused by human emissions has most likely intensified the drought in California by 15 to 20 percent, scientists said on Thursday, warning that future dry spells in the state are almost certain to be worse than this one as the world continues to heat up” (Justin, G., 2015).