Why state’s water woes could be just beginning

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Date of Publication: January 21, 2014

Year of Publication: 2014

Publication City: Berkeley, CA

Publisher: UC Regents

Author(s): Steve Hockensmith

Journal: Berkeleyan

As 2013 came to a close, the media dutifully reported that the year had been the driest in California since records began to be kept in the 1840s. UC Berkeley paleoclimatologist B. Lynn Ingram didn’t think the news stories captured the seriousness of the situation.

“This could potentially be the driest water year in 500 years,” says Ingram, a professor of earth and planetary science and geography.

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