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“This particular year is as clear an indication of the influence of climate change as anything we’ve seen,” said Peter Gleick, a leading water scientist and co-founder of the Pacific Institute. “Climate change is influencing California’s water system quickly and severely.”

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just three months ago: https://www.kvpr.org/environment/2026-01-07/where-californias-reservoirs-stand-now-after-series-of-storms

With months still left of winter, California’s major reservoirs are holding about 129 percent of historical water levels for this time of year.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah. The second half of winter matters

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

APRIL FOOLS!!

climate change is fake and we will all be fine!

bet we gave you a bit of a sweat about it, right?

[–] comador@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Yawns... After 50+ years of hearing this same shit year after year, someone tell me why the rest of California cannot bring itself to be as water conscious and self sufficient as San Diego county?

Just build some desal plants and urban reservoirs already, knucklefucks in Scrotumento need to shutup and act.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

they won't do any of that without real pressure. there's a reason they have been doing close to nothing for these 50+ years.

[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Theres plenty of water in most of Northern California with the exception of some coastal areas. There’s never going to be enough water for Los Angeles because they are growing faster than they secure new water or conserve their water per capita.

[–] comador@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

LA has the goddamned ocean on one side and the San Bernardino mountains on the other. There's easily a dozen options available today between those two to give 100% of Angelinos water, don't be silly.

[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

They’re starting to drink their own toilet water just like San Diego too. For ocean desalination to meet their needs it would have to go along with a nuclear power plant. Actually nuclear desalination sounds bad ass - steam distillation of sea water and molten sea salt allowed to cool into bricks.