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California drought: Past dry periods have lasted more than 200 years, scientists say
2014-01-26 00:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mercury: California's current drought is being billed as the driest period in the state's recorded rainfall history. But scientists who study the West's long-term climate patterns say the state has been parched for much longer stretches before that 163-year historical period began. And they worry that the "megadroughts" typical of California's earlier history could come again. Through studies of tree rings, sediment and other natural evidence, researchers have documented multiple droughts in California...
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NASA picture reveals shocking impact of California's drought
2014-01-25 23:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A pair of satellite images released this week by NASA reveal the shocking impact of California's drought, which is now entering its third year. The images, captured January 18, 2013 and January 18, 2014 with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite, show a steep decline in snow cover across the Sierra Nevada, Coast Range, and Cascade Mountains. Both the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys appeared parched, with a noticeable drop in greenness. "The most...
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The Drought Isnt Over; Do You Have A Plan?
2014-01-23 16:46:00| Beef
The long-term weather forecast, based on historical changes in sea surface temperatures, indicates the drought is a long way from being over. Do you have a plan? read more
Brown: Calif. comes back but challenged by drought
2014-01-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday delivered dual messages in his annual address to the Legislature: California's resurgence is well underway but is threatened by economic and environmental uncertainties. Chief among those uncertainties is that the severe drought gripping the nation's most populous state and already forcing water cutbacks among farms and cities eventually could exact a financial toll on the state's improving finances. In the State of the State address, Brown said it was not clear...
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Our national drought of climate change coverage
2014-01-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nation: ncreasingly, it has become an article of faith among political leaders on the right that anthropogenic climate change is a hoax perpetrated on gullible Americans. To conservatives like Republican Senator Jim Inhofe, greedy scientists are spreading a phony tale of impending climatic disaster as part of some socialist takeover plot, all of it propelled along by a complicit liberal media. There are various reasons why this conspiracy theory is patently false; most notable among them is the overwhelming...
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