Atmospheric patterns associated with droughts in California have occurred more frequently in recent decades, Stanford scientists say. The photo from Jan. 2015 depicts a nearly-snowless Tioga Pass in California's Sierra  Nevada Mountains near Yosemite National Park. This image highlights the dramatic  effect of extremely low precipitation and record-high temperatures upon California's  critically important mountain...

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