California megadrought? Not if you look at precipitation
(WorldNews Environment)

If you want to know what climate change means for California`s water supply, consider the last two Februaries. In 126 years of statewide record-keeping, you can`t find a drier February than the one we just experienced. But February 2019 was the third wettest on record. The extremes underscore how global warming is exaggerating the year-to-year swings in California precipitation, which is naturally the most variable in the country. But surprisingly, the dramatic ups and downs even out. Average precipitation is not declining. Advertisement Michael Anderson, the state climatologist, points out that despite periods of withering drought in the last two decades, precipitation in the northern...