{"id":38917,"date":"2015-08-25T03:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T03:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.trueactivist.com\/?p=38917"},"modified":"2015-08-25T03:00:15","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T03:00:15","slug":"human-emissions-are-intensifying-california-drought-says-new-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/human-emissions-are-intensifying-california-drought-says-new-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Emissions Are Intensifying California Drought, Says New Study"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over the past four years, the drought in California<\/a> has gotten so bad it has become essential for water to be rationed (even though companies like Nestle<\/em> continue to guzzle it in near illegal fashion<\/a>).<\/p>\n

But possibly more concerning than the lingering drought<\/a> is the recent study concluding that humans are basically to blame for intensifying climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not really surprising, though, right?<\/strong><\/em> It was recently shared that ocean temperatures are the warmest they’ve been in 135 years<\/a>, and that coastal cities may soon be uninhabitable due to melting glaciers<\/a>. In addition, scientists recently released a study concluding that humans need to preserve plant life\u00a0or prepare for extinction.<\/a><\/p>\n

In regards to the intensifying drought in California, however, this <\/i>paper published by the journal Geophysical Research Letters <\/i>concludes that climate change<\/a>, caused by human emissions, has intensified the current drought out west<\/a>. Scientists note that global warming will almost certainly cause conditions in the future<\/a> that are worse, as well.<\/p>\n

Said A. Park Williams, lead author of the study and climate scientist at Columbia University:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be a fairly bad drought no matter what. But it\u2019s definitely made worse by\u00a0global warming.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to Stanford University climate<\/a> scientist David B. Lobell, the research is \u201cprobably the best I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d It comprehensively analyzes all potential combinations of temperature, rainfall, wind\u00a0and other variables that influence the drought.<\/p>\n

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The idea that humans are to blame<\/a> behind the worsening crisis is not <\/i>a new school of thought. Many have suspected that modern-day emissions are enhancing the frequency and intensity of weather events for quite some time, and this study proves it.<\/a><\/p>\n

As the\u00a0New York Times\u00a0<\/em>reports, what the group of scientists specifically concluded is that somewhere between 8 and 27% of the lack of soil moisture over the duration<\/a> of the drought was a result of the human-caused climate change.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Incorporating the speed of global warming over the last few decades, however, it is estimated that is likely closer to 20 to 25%.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

California<\/a> has warmed\u00a0 by just over 2 degrees in the past 120 years, but scientists speculate that if current trends are not curbed (ie. excessive use of fossil fuels<\/a>, pollution, etc\u2026), the state could rise another five degrees Fahrenheit in the next century<\/b>.<\/p>\n

This is the type of stuff teen activist Xiuhtezcatl<\/a> is talking about, and it\u2019s definitely <\/b>a topic worth discussing<\/a> and sharing.<\/p>\n

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What are your thoughts on this news?<\/em> Please share this article <\/b>and comment below.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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