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Jake Bittle, Grist

Jake Bittle, Grist

Jake Bittle is a staff writer at Grist who covers climate impacts and adaptation. His book about climate migration, "The Great Displacement," is published by Simon & Schuster.

Aerial view showing land split in two: agricultural at left, wilder and tree-covered at right

How can California solve its water woes? By flooding its best farmland

Restored floodplains in the state’s agricultural heartland are fighting both flooding and drought. But their fate rests with California’s powerful farmers.