The almond farms of California are rapidly [ exhausting the state's ground water ]( http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/sep/14/alarm-almond-farmers-drain-california-dry ) . Global heating will make droughts in California more frequent. For the short term, the state needs to manage its water rather than allow farmers to pump it at will. For the long term…there won't be much farming in California, by and by, unless we curb global heating.
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