claim: However, this is exactly what climate scientists have predicted for California since at least the 1980s: protracted periods of warm, dry conditions punctuated by intense wet spells, with more rain and less snow, causing both drought and floods.
evidences.evidence_id: Climate of the United Kingdom:225
evidences.article: Climate of the United Kingdom
evidences.evidence: The summer of 1976 or 2019, for example, experienced temperatures as high as 35 °C (95 °F), and it was so dry the country suffered drought and water shortages.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Effects of global warming:79
evidences.article: Effects of global warming
evidences.evidence: more intense droughts and tropical cyclones) are more uncertain.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Mediterranean climate:47
evidences.article: Mediterranean climate
evidences.evidence: hot and dry); as a result, these communities are well suited to recover from droughts, floods, and fires.
evidences.votes: REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Physical impacts of climate change:46
evidences.article: Physical impacts of climate change
evidences.evidence: Between 2011 and 2014, California experienced the driest period in its recorded history and more than 100 million trees died in the drought, creating areas of dead, dry wood.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Rain:259
evidences.article: Rain
evidences.evidence: There is also evidence that global warming is leading to increased precipitation to the eastern portions of North America, while droughts are becoming more frequent in the tropics and subtropics.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS