Water Crisis in California
California is going through a hard drought
Water for life
Water is essential for human and animal survival. Animals and humans alike depend on water to meet their needs. Out of all the water in the whole world, only 2% of it is freshwater. Some countries are fighting for sources of water.
This graph is showing how severe the drought in California is in some areas
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/archive.html?year=2014&month=02
This picture shows the water level under the bridge in 2011 and shows how low it got in 2014.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-25/how-serious-california-drought
This picture shows a beach that is dried up in California
The Problem
California is in a serious drought right now. Some scientists are saying that the problem is because of high pressure air. Their saying that high pressure air is moving Pacific storms away from California and making them go towards Alaska. There are of course different things that could be causing the California drought but that is the only one that i know of. California is getting almost no rain. For example, San Francisco is only getting 2.1% of rain, Thats only 20 percent of normal rainfall.
The Effects
Many problems can happen from the drought. California's climate could change from lack of rainfall and water. People in California not get water because of the drought. The high pressure zones might change if there isn't any rainfall
The Solution
But there is a lot of ways to stop it. Like if the high pressure ridge breaks down then storms could start rolling in. And also if people will stop polluting water and keeping it safe then we wont have very many water problems.
Shocking Before and After Photos of California Mega Drought!