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Drought and moderate flooding predicted for spring
2014-03-20 17:42:11| Biotech - Topix.net
An upcoming special episode of Investigation Discovery's "Dark Minds" TV series says it has new information about confessed Alaska serial killer Israel Keyes.
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Drought forces Native Americans to choose which tradition to save
2014-03-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: On a brisk winter morning last month, Everett Chavez climbed into the drivers seat of a dust-covered SUV he calls the Brown Bomber, a vehicle that helped him maneuver the dirt roads of the agricultural lands of the Santo Domingo Pueblo, affording a closer look at the tribes new pipe-based irrigation system. Chavez, whose official title is tribal affairs liaison, pointed to several fields being prepped for the start of the growing season, which now support crops from green chili to corn to...
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California officials prepare for worst as historic drought deepens wildfire risk
2014-03-20 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: California is facing wildfires "outside of any normal bounds" as a historic drought turns drying brush and trees into a perfect tinderbox, officials have warned. The state recorded 665 wildfires from 1 January, about three times the average of 225 for this time of year, according to figures compiled by Cal Fire, the state's department of forestry and fire protection. Each day without heavy rain deepened the risks of a catastrophic fire season and made it hard to deal with more wildfires if and...
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California's drought is hurting farmers but helping environmentalists
2014-03-18 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The milk that you think is organic, isnt. Not really. Blame the California drought, which has dried up the grass that gives farmers the right to slap the label organic on their meat and milk. Its not hard to win that label from the US department of agriculture: farmers just have to make sure that their cows graze on local grass for food, at least four months out of the year. Since the drought, theres no grass, so the old definition of organic no longer applies. Two months into the grazing...
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Warmest winter on record worsens California drought
2014-03-18 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California is coming off of its warmest winter on record, aggravating an enduring drought in the most populous U.S. state, federal weather scientists said Monday. The state had a average temperature of 48 Fahrenheit (9 Celsius) for December, January and February, an increase from 47.2 F in 1980-81, the last hottest winter, and more than 4 degrees hotter than the 20th-century average in California, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said in a statement. Warmer winters could...
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