Many were quick to blame the recent winter storms that pummeled California on global warming, but a few climate scientists say that may not necessarily be the case.
Climate scientist Alexander Gershunov of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, said climate models show global warming will boost California storms of the future"but we haven’t made that connection with the latest storm systems."
"It will take further study to determine how warming temperatures influenced the sequence or the sudden transition from dry to wet and soon back to dry," he said. On Thursday, President Biden toured damaged areas in California and was briefed on recovery efforts. He was accompanied by Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell, Gov. Newsom and other state and local officials as he visited the storm-damaged Capitola Pier in Santa Cruz County, where he met with business owners and affected residents.
Biden has already approved a major disaster declaration for the state, freeing up additional federal resources for recovery efforts. Hours before the visit, he raised the level of federal assistance available even higher.
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