Two years into California’s drought and locals are repeating (mantra-like) ” we’ve never seen anything like it .” They are right, of course, since this is the worst period of rainlessness since records began… but if Cal Berkeley professor Lynn Ingram is correct, they ain’t seen nothing yet. The paleoclimatologist fears, if very long-run history repeats, California should brace itself for a mega drought, as National Geographic reports , a drought that could last for 200 years or more . Via National Geographic, California is experiencing its worst drought since record-keeping began in the mid 19th century, and scientists say this may be just the beginning. B. Lynn Ingram, a paleoclimatologist at the University of California at Berkeley, thinks that California needs to brace itself for a megadrought—one that could last for 200 years or more. As a paleoclimatologist, Ingram takes the long view, examining tree rings […]