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The effects of global warming will inevitably unfold over the next two to three decades, experts say. What happens beyond that depends on actions today.
The effects of global warming will inevitably unfold over the next two to three decades, experts say. What happens beyond that depends on actions today.
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Already, the California Department of Water Resources has announced major cuts to the reservoirs and aqueducts that supply farms and cities. The Federal Bureau of Reclamation, which delivers water to farms up and down the stateâs Central Valley, said agricultural customers south of Californiaâs delta, which feeds into the San Francisco bay, will not be getting any water this year. And some localities, including Marin county, north of the San Francisco Bay, have asked residents to voluntarily cut back on their water use. âBut our water system is already strainedâ said Nicola Ulibarri, who researches water management at the University of California, Irvine. The stateâs massive agriculture industry, which supplies what amounts to a quarter of the US food supply, sucks up 80% of the stateâs water resources. Much of the rest is pumped to cities and towns across the region. California is already drawing so much water from the stateâs bay delta that endangered, native fish species are in decline.