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Sierra Nevada snowpack lowest in five centuries


September 14, 2015

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Snowpack in California's Sierra Nevada in 2015 was at the lowest level in the past 500 years, according to a new report led by researchers at the University of Arizona's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. The research is the first to show how the 2015 snowpack compares with snowpack levels for the previous five centuries. California's current record-setting drought began in 2012, the researchers note in their report.Full Story

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