CALIFORNIA WON’T BE throwing much shade this summer. It would need trees to do that. Last year almost 30 million trees died in the Golden State—and that number is expected to double or triple by the end of 2016. The high mortality rates come at a time when the state needs healthy forests most, with climate change looming always and a La Niña—El Niño’s dry hermana—on the way. — Wired
"The likely outcome? California’s landscape will radically transform, starting with a surge of wildfires that will trigger mudslides, diminished water quality, and the rise of new vegetation."
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Its not only what died in the landscape but what was left to die in the cities - from overwatering to under watering (no water even) in the space of 1 year - so much greenery lost. Urban heat island effect increased noticeably. In hindsight some rationing of water for the landscape would have been more useful that all out cutoffs that we saw in some places.
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