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5 Shocking Drought Facts to Make You Rethink the Golden State
2014-02-14 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlterNet: There are likely a lot of East Coasters wishing they lived in sunny, dry (and comparatively warm) California right now. But Californians know their weather is anything but a blessing these days with a drought thats being called unprecedented. The situation has even sparked a trip from President Obama, who visited the epicenter of Californias massive agriculture industry, the Central Valley, on Friday and announced $100 million in livestock disaster assistance, $5 million in targeted assistance...
Analysis - California drought highlights Constellation Brands' wine, beer contrast
2014-02-11 16:24:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Constellation Brands has quickly got to grips with is newly-expanded beer business. In its Q3 results, released last month, the group - which acquired full control of Crown Imports last year - doubled its quarterly profits.
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Pacific storm eases California drought, but state has long way to go
2014-02-10 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The most powerful winter storm to hit California in more than a year dumped several feet of snow in the high Sierras and soaked lower elevations with rain over the weekend, easing drought conditions but leaving the state thirsting for more, officials said on Monday. The Pacific storm doubled the moisture content of the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, a key gauge of the state's principal source of surface water, said Dave Rizzardo, the chief of snow surveys for the state Department...
California drought a 'train wreck' for Central Valley farms
2014-02-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Chronicle: California's great Central Valley aquifer and the rivers that feed it, already losing water in the changing climate, are now being drained because of the drought, leaving water levels at their lowest in nearly a decade. Water experts say many farmers who depend on the huge water source beneath the valley for irrigation will have to resort to pumping water from ever deeper levels at greater costs, even as they plant crops on fewer and fewer acres as more of their land is gobbled up for development....
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Drought blocking passages to sea for California coho salmon
2014-02-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: By now, water would typically be ripping down Scott Creek, and months ago it should have burst through a berm of sand to provide fish passage between freshwater and the ocean. Instead, young coho salmon from this redwood and oak-shaded watershed near Santa Cruz last week were swirling around idly in a lagoon. There has been so little rain that sand has blocked the endangered fish from leaving for the ocean or swimming upstream to spawn. Scott Creek is one of dozens of streams across California...
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