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UCLA Research demonstrates the severity of California’s drought

Publication: The Mercury News 

UCLA Expert: Institute of the Environmental and Sustainability 

Synopsis: The Mercury News discussed why Californians failed to hit water conservation targets by a wide margin. Research led by UCLA is featured. 

UCLA News: “A study published last month by scientists at UCLA and other universities found that the past 22 years in California and the American West have been the driest 22-year period of any in the past 1,200 years, based on an analysis of tree rings.” 

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