Californians should brace for another year of La Niña as the stubborn climate pattern in the tropical Pacific is expected to persist for a third consecutive year, forecasters say.
‘Whether you live in a luxury house or in an apartment, we all have to reduce water consumption,’ says UC Davis professor Samuel Sandoval Solís.
“La Niña and El Niño have existed for hundreds, thousands, of years we think, so it’s not like climate change has any manifestation on the actual phenomena,” he said. “A more relevant question is, is climate change changing the frequency of the two events, and to be honest, that’s really still an open research question.”of some naturally occurring events such as La Niña.
Last fall, notably dry conditions helped contribute to the spread of multiple September and October wildfires in California, including the Windy fire and KNP Complex fire, whichA three-month outlook issued by the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center shows a higher likelihood of above-normal temperatures through the fall.separate climate outlook
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