Climate Central: California's main water reservoir -- its mountain snowpack -- has made a triumphant return to the Sierra Nevada following severe shortfalls in recent years.
A string of winter storms boosted by El Nio has restored much of the mountain snow that melts through summer to help top up the state's reservoirs, but the prognosis for the decades ahead remains grim.
The return of California's snowpack this winter has relieved water managers and skiers alike.
Climate change is projected to corrode...