Climate change could take weather patterns back to the Pliocene

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By Nathanael JohnsonJan 7, 2021, 2:47 pm195 pts
The West Coast drinks from the wind. When westerly gales carry humid air from the Pacific Ocean into the Sierra Nevada and the Cascade mountain ranges, the West turns green, orchards blossom, and reservoirs swell. When those westerlies deflect to the north, hills turn brown, cities ban sprinklers, and forest…

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