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- As California's massive drought worsens, new mandatory water restrictions have
just gone into effect, requiring residents to cut back water use by a net total
of 25 percent. A new study by the University of California, Davis finds that in
2015 alone, the drought will cost the state's farmers and agricultural industry
$2.7 billion and more than 18,000 jobs. The study notes: "The socioeconomic
impacts of an extended drought, in 2016 and beyond, could be much more severe."
Meanwhile the death toll from India's heatwave has topped 2,300, making it the
fifth deadliest heatwave on record. We speak to two leading climate scientists
at Stanford University, Noah Diffenbaugh and Mark Jacobson.
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