The Problems of Southern California

By reading the author's book "Ecology of Fear", the main point in writing this book is the potential problems and threats that exist or exist in Southern California, It is to give readers an idea of ​​how it affects the lives of people. It is the future. Davis does not actually provide a remedy for the problem Southern California faces, but this book reveals to the readers that the problem still exists, sometimes they sound subtle Maybe.

To make them all familiar, I will list 10 of the most important environmental issues in Southern California. Some are recent, some have been going on for decades. But today, all of these are still useful. Especially when we turn attention to the earth's air, land, water and residents, especially today. 1. Global climate change: Extreme weather continues in some parts of the country, such as cold winter and large floods, but in the western region the temperature has risen in the past few years and the abnormally warm winter continues It is. Most scientists say that anthropogenic emissions, including carbon dioxide, from burning fossil fuels are trapped in the atmosphere and cause high temperatures and greenhouse effects.

The mountains in California make rain on the east side and form a vast desert. High desert in eastern California is hot in summer and cold in winter. Meanwhile, the summer of the low desert on the eastern side of the mountains in Southern California is hot and free from frost in the winter. Death Valley is a high desert desert and is considered the most popular place in the world. On July 10, 1913, the world's highest temperature was 134 ° F (56.7 ° C). In 1937, the lowest temperature in California was -45 ° F (-43 ° C).

This area dotted to the east side of the California mountains became a desert area. The low desert on the east side of the Southern California mountains is a hot summer, a calm winter with less frost, but the desert is currently one of the hottest summer and cold winter in east California. Dead valley, desert, wide area under the sea surface, the hottest place in North America, the highest temperature in the Western hemisphere was recorded on July 10, 1913. The climate of most areas is Mediterranean, rainy winters, dry summers. The influence of the sea reduces the spread of temperature, cool in summer and warm in winter. Because of the cold current along the coast of California, it is usually fog.