Climate Change Means Cape Town’s ‘Day Zero’ Drought Won’t Be an Anomaly, Stanford Researcher Says

Using new high-resolution simulations, researchers suggest extreme drought events could become common in southwestern South Africa and other parts of the world with similar climates, like California

Climate Change Means Cape Town’s ‘Day Zero’ Drought Won’t Be an Anomaly, Stanford Researcher Says

This photo from Feb. 8, 2018, shows how the water crisis in Cape Town, South Africa sent people to harvest water from natural springs daily. (Photo Courtesy of fivepointsix/iStock)

Today, the lakes around Cape Town are brimming with water, but it was only a few years ago that South Africa’s second-most populous city made global headlines as a multi-year drought depleted its reservoirs, impacting millions of people. That kind of extreme event may become the...

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