In headlines this week was news of tightening water usage restrictions in Southern California. The US state is facing its third year of severe drought and, understandably, water reserves are drying out.
Why is this happening? Climate change. California has already had a temperature increase of about 3° Fahrenheit. “We are experiencing climate change whiplash in real time, with extreme swings between wet and dry conditions,” Karla Nemeth, from the California Department of Water Resources, wrote in a statement.
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