Sunday, 19 April 2015

Yes, Almonds Use a Lot of California’s Water. They’re Also a Convenient Scapegoat.

Yes, Almonds Use a Lot of California’s Water. They’re Also a Convenient Scapegoat.


This year’s “rainy” season is over, and California is beginning to accept its fate: Business-as-usual farming in the Golden State may soon become a thing of the past. The drought is now so far beyond the bounds of normal it’s become at least temporarily self-sustaining. Extreme heat begets more evaporation, and dry ground heats up more quickly than wet soil. Add in a dash of global warming, and you have a recipe for a megadrought that may last decades.

Read more: http://ift.tt/1cNhNoO

No comments:

Post a Comment