I am not yet convinced that this long Californian drought isn't a climate-change effect. phys.org/news/2026-07...

California drought may have pushed parts of the Sacramento Valley aquifer toward permanent collapseAround a quarter of the U.S. food supply is grown in California's Central Valley. Most of its crops, like rice, fruit trees and nut trees, are water-intensive and require extensive groundwater pumping...phys.org