March 7, 2017 • After five years of historic drought, the unprecedented amount of snow and rain falling now in California is a true test to some of the country's oldest infrastructure. (npr.org)
Ancient pollen grains that were floating in the air when mammoths roamed Southern California are providing new insights into historic droughts in the region, including how a series of mega-droughts between about 27,500 and 25,500 years ago changed the ecological landscape. (ldeo.columbia.edu)
The upcoming pattern is a twist on the «ridiculously resilient ridge» that recently plagued North America for months, plunging California into historic drought. (slate.com)