Monday, November 10, 2025

Stanford Scientists: Calif. drought patterns becoming more common

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By Ker Than

Special to Poultry Times

STANFORD, Calif.  — Atmospheric patterns associated with droughts in California have occurred more frequently in recent decades, Stanford University scientists say.

In new research published online in Science Advances, a team of researchers led by Stanford scientist Noah Diffenbaugh analyzed the occurrence of large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns that have occurred during California's historical precipitation and temperature extremes.

"The current record-breaking drought in California has arisen from both extremely low precipitation and extremely warm temperature," said Diffenbaugh, an associate professor of Earth system science at Stanford School of. . .

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