Climate change may not dramatically affect California's precipitation or runoff

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 00:00 in Earth & Climate

The Southwest is likely to become drier and the Columbia River Basin may become wetter, while the effect in California remains unclear, U.S. study finds.Precipitation and runoff in California's major river basin will not fall dramatically with climate change, according to a new federal study that shows rising temperatures will have an uneven effect on the West's water supplies.

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