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The state report paints a stark picture of California's escalating climate crisis and documents wide-ranging effects on weather, water and residents. Climate change is rapidly accelerating in ...
A study published in Science Advances in 2022 stated that climate-caused changes in atmospheric rivers affecting California had already doubled the likelihood of megafloods since 1920—which can involve 100 inches (250 cm) of rain and/or melted snow in the mountains per month, or 25 to 34 feet (7.6 to 10.4 m) of snow in the Sierra Nevada—and ...
After several consecutive years of severe drought that climate scientists say were made worse because of rising global temperatures, California has been hit with an especially cold and wet winter ...
Satellite photos show California’s snowpack revived after back-to-back storms pummeled the state. Left photo from Jan. 29 and right from Feb. 10
Working Group III (4 April 2022). "Climate Change 2022 / Mitigation of Climate Change / Full Report" (PDF). IPCC.ch. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2022. (2913 pages; 88 MB) "State of the Global Climate 2021". WMO.int. World Meteorological Organization (WMO-No. 1290). 18 May 2022.
In line with the views of climate scientists, the state of California has progressively passed emission-reduction legislation. California has taken legislative steps in the hope of mitigating the risks of potential effects of climate change in California by incentives and plans for clean cars, renewable energy, and pollution controls on ...
Parts of a handful of California counties remain ... closing out the 2022-23 water ... Our season total is now 42.5" (108 cm), which is 38% of average to date. We are expecting another 0-2" today.
Litigation related to climate change and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has become increasingly common in federal and state courts. [1] Following adoption of the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) and publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), additional pressure was placed on California public agencies to evaluate potential ...