There is something coming between Californians and their water, and according to a brand new report from the American Meteorological Society, man-made greenhouse gas emissions are likely at fault. Much of the American Southwest has been in drought conditions for more than a decade—harsher in some places than the dry spell that caused the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Until recently, however, California had largely been spared. That changed when an air mass dubbed the Ridiculously Resilient Ridge appeared over the Pacific in the winter of 2013—an event Daniel Swain, lead author on the study and weather blogger, says is likely the result of human activity. Ridges have appeared before, but the RRR is bizarre in how long it has held on. In Earths shifting atmosphere, air masses usually last for periods of hours or days. The RRR showed up more days than it didnt in Winter 2013. Then it did something extraordinary: it lasted into a second winter. This is a really rare event, said environmental scientist Noah Diffenbaugh, another researcher on the report. Such a multi-seasonal formation is unprecedented in the climate record. Read the article here: popsci/article/science/climate-change-may-be-blame-california-drought?R5uKUPkSRwvLtBl4.01 The news about climate is disturbing. But, there is something you can do! Join UN IPCC chair Dr. Pachauri, NASA climatologist Dr. Hansen, and World Bank environmental experts by reducing animal product consumption, which they believe is the most important lifestyle change you can make to stop climate change: https://youtube/watch?v=KoIh9J6b-iQ. https://youtube/watch?v=zfbxeAFk8mY meatonomics/2014/09/04/how-to-reverse-climate-change-before-its-too-late/ Climate change causes wildfires, drought, flooding, severe storms, disease outbreaks, and extinction of plant and animal life. Reducing animal product consumption can be more valuable than driving a Prius, or not watering your yard and taking shorter showers. Read about livestock and climate change here: worldpreservationfoundation.org/Downloads/Livestock-Production-World-Preservation-Foundation.pdf examiner/article/vegetarian-bill-gates-livestock-produces-51-of-world-s-greenhouse-gases takeextinctionoffyourplate/ Livestock consume about half of the water in the US -- and half of Californias water: alternet.org/cows-rice-fields-and-big-agriculture-consumes-well-over-90-californias-water publiclandsranching.org/htmlres/wr_guzzling_water.htm nytimes/2014/03/08/opinion/meat-makes-the-planet-thirsty.html?_r=1 cias.wisc.edu/curriculum/modIII/secc/modiii_secc_act.htm #MeatlessMonday #MFMclimatepledge #PeoplesClimateMarch #FloodWallStreet #ActOnClimate #SolutionsToClimateChange #PCM #Climate2014 #climate #change #california #PeoplesClimate #PeoplesMarch #ClimateChange #climateSOS #cadrought #watersmart #waterconservation #watercrisis #GlobalWarming #PlantBased #WildFires #walkthewalk #science #methane #ghg
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