Throughout the course of history, California reigns as one of the driest areas in the United States of America. Like many other places in the United States, California receives precipitation in the forms of rain and snow because of moisture from the Pacific Ocean, though, in smaller increments. Over the past four years, the amount of precipitation that California has received has consistently declined. In 2011, California’s governor, Jerry Brown, declared the state to be experiencing one of the most severe droughts on record. Four years later, the drought continues to wreak havoc on the state’s land, population, and wildlife. Many have wondered what is to blame for a drought of this severity. Scientific research performed by many climatologists