Annual Mid-Winter Pictures of Yosemite Valley Paint a Dire Scene of Drought in California
Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada has vanished
Environment • April 2015 • Views: 2,328
I’ve heard plenty of horror stories from skiers in California about the lack of snow in recent years. These pictures of Yosemite Valley - taken by a webcam operated by the Yosemite Conservancy - took my breath away. It’s the most startling evidence of what the U.S. Drought Monitor calls “Exceptional Drought.” Start the collection of tweets from the bottom.
Yosemite DroughtYosemite National Park, in snowier times.