California Drought Research Paper

There are different beliefs as to the probable causes of the California drought. The two primary theories are that the drought was either caused by climate change or climate variability. Alan Stahler, a columnist, followed a group of scientists who discovered the true cause of the drought, “The recent multi-year drought was caused not by global warming, but by the sea surface temperature pattern – itself caused by natural variability” (Stahler par. 14).Regardless of the cause of drought, the drought itself has many negative effects on the people of California. Many individuals will suffer due to the drought, but one of the most affected will be farmers. Katharine Mieszkowski, a senior reporter for Reveal, reports the effects of the drought

11).A lot of people were affected by the California drought, especially the citizens of California, meaning the voters of California. Since the beginning of the drought, voters had a certain perspective on the job being done to take care of the drought, but their perspectives changed after suffering through some of the drought. Merrill Balassone, a former media representative for USC, notes the changes in approval for the California governor after voters spent time suffering through the drought, “Fifty percent of voters said they approved of the job being done by Brown on water and the drought…A year ago, the poll showed 39 percent of voters approved” (Balassone par. 10).California’s high level of food production is crucial to feeding the people of the United States, but also so that food can be sold, and a profit be made of it. Matt Schiavenza, a writer, editor, and senior content manager, notes the vitality of California as a food producer of the United States, “California is the world’s fifth-largest supplier of food” (Schiavenza par.

5).Although many may look upon the drought as just a local issue, it is far from it, as the drought is also affecting the world, globally. With California playing such a big role in food production, even recognized in the whole world as a big food producer, having food production and supply stall due to water scarcity can have a global impact. Schiavenza notes that California plays a global role, just as well as a state of the United States, “Given the importance of California’s agriculture to the food supply of the United States – and the rest of the world” (Schiavenza par. 6).There were many people involved in the attempts to solve the problem that has been the California drought. Many ideas and theories were tried, and perhaps some saw success, but the drought was too much for others. A successful solution would be one that could somehow allow for water to be used with highest efficiency, causing as little alteration to the norm as possible, while conserving the most water, a task that is most difficult to accomplish.As a leading economist, the decision would be made to halt any unnecessary projects or tasks that require any level of water