Throughout this course, the class has been analyzing climate change and its effect on the different places around the world.  In the article I have chosen to blog about this week, titled “Sierra Nevada Snow Won’t End California’s Thirst” the New York Times discusses how the snowpack in Sierra Nevada was greater this year than it has been in years.  The cause of the snowpack is stated as primarily El Nino and definitely the result of changing climate systems.  This snowpack serves as an important factor as it supplies water for the surrounding regions, especially California.  The article states that the Sierra snowpack supplies California with nearly 30 percent of their water as the snow melts and flows into rivers and reservoirs.  Also, the snowpack is even more valuable than just rain because the accumulation of snow serves as a reservoir that gradually melts, supplying the needs of industries, people, agriculture, and forests.  It is interesting to keep finding out new ways that climate change is effecting the places we live in.  I found this article specifically interesting because I was unaware of how detrimental the snow influences the populations around them.  California continues to live with water restrictions and it is crazy to think that as global warming continues and gradually increases the situation may only get worse.

Fountain, Henry. “Sierra Nevada Snow Won’t End California’s Thirst.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 11 Apr. 2016. Web. 15 Apr. 2016.