By Tobias Carroll In the last few years, California has experienced wildfires, mudslides, earthquakes and droughts. It’s the kind of situation that seems increasingly apocalyptic, with dystopian science fiction reading like travelogues rather than cautionary tales. But to date, the people of California have been spared at least one nightmarish scenario: the presence of earthworms that can jump a foot in the air. Unfortunately, that’s no longer the case. The era of jumping worms has begun in the Golden State. This species, Amynthas agrestis, has its origins in Japan and Korea, and first came to…