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Droughts And Floods: California’s Extremes Are Getting Worse

“Precipitation whiplash” is the term used to describe a region that whipsaws back and forth between bone-parching periods of drought and catastrophic wet periods with flooding. As you can imagine, these conditions are highly problematic… and California is about to find out first-hand just how bad it can get. Precipitation Whiplash: A Recipe For…

April 25, 2018Basic Science, California, Earth, EnvironmentBy Shant Minas

Expect More Major Storms in California

If you live in California, you’d better get used to hearing about the “Pineapple Express.” That’s the atmospheric current of moisture that forms over the Pacific Ocean and gets pushed north via the jet stream, and it’s what is responsible for birthing some of California’s recent storms. California is experiencing more and more strange, outlier-type…

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Droughts And Floods: California’s Extremes Are Getting Worse

Expect More Major Storms in California