Recent downpours in critically drought-stricken California have helped to replenish reservoirs – but scientists caution people to not get the wrong impression from images of areas with seemingly abundant amounts of water. A series of damaging winter storms from December 2022 into January provided some sorely needed resources for farmers, wildlife, and residents – who have faced among the lowest precipitation and lake levels since the 1970s. “Even the wettest wet seasons are simply never enough to make up for the far greater amount of groundwater that California extracts each year,” said Arizona State University Professor Jay Famiglietti. 🔗 Read more at our link in bio.