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Western U.S. drought puts big strain on reservoirs
2014-01-31 21:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS News: Satellite photos show the Colorado River, which feeds Nevada's Lake Mead, is drying up, meaning the lake is rapidly shrinking. The lake provides water for 20 million people in southern Nevada, southern California and Arizona -- and it's lost 4 trillion gallons of water since 2000. Ben Tracy reports.
California drought linked global warming
2014-01-31 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit Voice: While drought conditions have eased across parts of the U.S. in recent months, conditions have worsened in the far West, and particularly in California, where water shortages will have consequences spreading far beyond the state`s borders. And the western drought has global warming fingerprints all over, according to four researchers who discussed the links between climate change and drought at a teleconference organized by Climate Nexus, a communications group focused on highlighting the wide-ranging...
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California governor calls for water conservation as drought continues
2014-01-30 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Governor Jerry Brown provided some very practical guidance for Californians amid a deepening drought: take shorter showers, turn off the water while brushing teeth, and "don't flush more than you need to." "Make no mistake, this drought is a big wakeup call," Brown said Thursday in downtown Los Angeles before meeting with local water district officials. "Hopefully it's going to rain. If it doesn't, we're going to have to act in a very strenuous way in every part of the state to get through." ...
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California Drought: Weak Storm System Bringing Rain to Bay Area
2014-01-28 04:47:15| IT Services - Topix.net
"It doesn't look like it's going to be a lot of rain," National Weather Service meteorologist Christine Riley said.
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California's drought, times three
2014-01-26 06:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Southern Californians are facing not one drought but three, interconnected yet distinct, each bringing its own hazards and each requiring its own emergency and long-term responses. The first drought is regional, caused by the lack of rain in our own mountains and our own backyards. In normal winters -- or rather those we have come to accept as normal -- storms blow south from the Gulf of Alaska, churning in a counterclockwise direction and keeping much of their stored water in the air until they...
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