California’s Water Supply at Risk From Warmer Winters

Feb 8, 2016 at 12:00am

By Lauren Sommer, KQED Science

Temperatures are expected to be above normal this winter. California’s snowpack may not reach the heights it could.

Getting snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains is crucial to the state’s water supply. But scientists say as the climate continues to warm, more precipitation will fall as rain instead of snow.

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