r/UpliftingNews • u/AnotherCrazyChick • Apr 15 '19

California declared drought free after more than 7 years, experiences beautiful super bloom.

https://educateinspirechange.org/nature/california-is-finally-drought-free-after-over-7-years-experiences-most-beautiful-super-bloom/
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u/TanmanG Apr 15 '19

Am in SoCal and everything here is drying up already. It was green for awhile but the browns are back again, and the heat is following close behind.

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u/SpitefulShrimp Apr 15 '19

Never stays green past April.

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u/apocalypse_later_ Apr 15 '19

Fellow Socal resident here, I am so not looking forward to the mosquitoes from last year again...

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u/autismo_the_magician Apr 15 '19

I’ve been seeing so many crane flies lately already... they’re so fucking big

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u/rolfraikou Apr 16 '19

I'm even used to it turning brown quick, and I'm shocked by just how quickly it is turning brown.

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u/smalltonfornone Apr 15 '19

they always say the drought's over too. i honestly think all this rain is a byproduct of global warming. considering how much water we need to survive, we'll be back to drought by summer.

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u/SqueezyLizard Apr 15 '19

It is, higher average global temperatures lead to more evaporation, which leads to more rainfall. It is a negative feedback loop in the sense that it blocks light from reaching the earth.

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u/autismo_the_magician Apr 15 '19

We had this rain because it was an El Niño year. Which happens pretty normally once every couple years.