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A drier-than-usual winter. Low reservoir levels. Depleted mountain snowpack caused by a warm spring. As you can see from the shocking gif here, together these factors spell dangerous drought conditions for California and the Southwest.

Of course, drought is not new to the Southwest. But the climate crisis has spurred a “megadrought,” a term used to describe a severe and intense drought that spans multiple decades.

Experts say that rising greenhouse gases make today's droughts warmer—and that the current megadrought is attributed to reduced rain and snow, worsened by warming temperatures due to the climate crisis.

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Severe drought brings a number of predictable consequences: failed crops, water restrictions, fish kills. They also have, have potentially severe public health implications—from drinking water shortages and poor quality drinking water to impacts on air quality, sanitation, hygiene, food, and nutrition. In communities still battling COVID-19 outbreaks, such implications could be deadly.

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Because you are a valued member of the Sierra Club community, I know we share the belief that everyone who lives in the Southwest—and around the U.S.—deserves fresh air to breathe, clean water to drink, safe homes, and healthy communities. Your monthly membership gift will help us protect all of these rights by confronting the climate crisis now.

Thank you for being one in nearly 4 million champions of our Sierra Club community demanding climate action. Together, we will protect the planet and the people we love.

With determination,

Michael Brune
Executive Director
Sierra Club

P.S. Without question, the drought trends depicted in the gif above are discouraging. But it is never too late to advance a proactive agenda that restores the right to clean air, clean water, and a healthy sustainable climate for every person. Your generous monthly contribution today will do exactly that—and have your first three months MATCHED by a generous donor!