Last year's snow deluge in California --, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought -- was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above, according to a new scientific study.
Last year's snow deluge in California , which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above, a new study found.Don't get used to it because with climate change the 2023 California snow bonanza —a record for snow on the ground on April 1 — will be less likely in the future, said the study in Monday's journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science s.
The snow deluges came from repeated atmospheric rives, said Mark Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, who was not part of the research. 'California is no stranger to atmospheric rivers, but having so many was pretty bizarre,' Serreze said. 'Maybe we are moving back to a wetter regime, but even if we are, there is simply not enough water go around anymore.
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