California’s hot, dry winters tied to climate change

California’s hot, dry winters tied to climate change - Ars Technica.

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1422385112.

In their discussion and conclusions, the investigators state that their results strongly suggest that anthropogenic (human-caused) warming has increased the probability of co-occurring temperature and precipitation conditions that have historically led to California’s droughts. They also state that continued global warming is likely to lead to situations where every future dry period, whether it’s seasonal, annual, or multiannual, will be accompanied by historically warm conditions.

I don’t want this to be true, but I fear that it is.