The extreme drought in California has dramatically slowed down efforts to remove smog from Southern California air. The prolonged dry spells has translated to a layer of heat trapping cooler air lower to the ground. This action causes pollution’s main concentration to occur closer to the ground. The air pollution in southern California is an extreme burden on citizens and also puts them at health risk. Hot conditions have also led to more forest fires, which increase air pollution with the levels of smoke being released into the atmosphere.
This article speaks to how the extreme drought in California has affected the air pollution. With California being in one of its worst droughts ever, the temperatures have increased making the smog’s level of concentration to drop significantly and further impacting humans. This is alarming and particularly scary as there is no clear solution. With this being said relief could come as soon as winter with storms and rain stirring up the air.
I know that Los Angeles is going to fail to meet a deadline they set to clean up their air by 2015 because of this. if we can solve the problem that we are facing now though we could see some incredible changes when this drought finally ends.
I agree that pollution is a big deal and should be taken care of. Its up to us humans to make a change and stop or reduce pollution.
In the future will have have to start transporting water in from other areas for our agriculture? Most fresh water is used on agriculture and California a big producer of crops can not afford a long-lasting water shortage.