The Future of Lake Elsinore Amidst California’s Drought Conditions: A late-Wisconsin Paleo Perspective
Present-day California is notorious for having chronic hot droughts, the most recent occurring from 2012-2015, which can impact the vegetation in the area (Kirby, et al. 2019). Additionally, the Pacific southwest U.S. (pswUS) region is prone to several precipitation-intense scenarios a year amidst drought periods, resulting in cycles of climate-induced vegetative stress (Berg and Hall 2015). As climate change continues to run its course, the need for ecological protection of native plants vulnerable to these cycles becomes increasingly important. One lens that can help scientists devise solutions to this issue is the paleo perspective , which uses historical ecological analyses to understand the present. One recent study by Kirby, et al. utilizes the paleo perspective to answer the question: What can the ecological history of the hydroclimates of the ps...