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The state was unusually dry for much of 2025, but the intensity of the drought has ratcheted up since January…
In late September 2025, a continued lack of rainfall led to stunted vegetation, lowered water levels, and prompted early fall…
The amount of freshwater stored on land and underground has plummeted in the past decade, which might indicate that Earth’s…
Insufficient rainfall in 2023-2024 has taken a toll on the region’s rivers and groundwater and upended daily life in several…
Record snowfall has not been enough to offset groundwater losses amid long-term drying and a heightened demand for the resource.
Dry weather is putting extra strain on the systems that deliver water to Mexico City. Â
Data from winter 2022-2023 show the greatest net gain of water in nearly 22 years, but groundwater levels still suffer…
The water delivered by winter storms in 2022-2023 is likely insufficient to reverse the longer-term depletion of California’s groundwater.
Unrelenting storms have inundated the state, delivering soil-saturating rain.
