Publication: N.Y. Times

UCLA Expert: Alex Hall: Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences; Professor, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability; Director, Center for Climate Science at UCLA

Synopsis: Another year of drought is expected for California. Warmer temperatures mean precipitation is more likely to fall as rain instead of snow, so it can’t be stored as easily for the summer. 

UCLA News:  “We need a really terrific water year, and probably even maybe a couple of pretty amazing water years, to get us out of this hole,” Hall said. The Colorado River, a major source of water for Southern California, is in dire shape, he added.

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