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California drought could be the new normal
2015-08-23 17:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fresno Bee: Reports of California's demise are as predictable as they are exaggerated whenever the Golden State endures one of its regular disasters. Earthquakes, fires, floods, the Great Recession and more strike, and we survive. But two reports on the drought last week ought to give us pause about how we use and misuse water, even as a third in the journal Geophysical Research Letters drives home the bad news about global warming, estimating that climate change has worsened California's drought by up to...
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Drought gives new meaning to wildlife
2015-08-22 21:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The scarcity of food in the wild has been blamed for unusual animal activity during Californias drought, including a recent bear attack, mountain lion sightings and an uptick in orphaned animals. But the devastating four-year drought that has dried up streams and vegetation isnt the sole cause, state officials and experts say. Instead, they say the drought is exacerbating long-term trends and natural animal behaviors in a state that is becoming increasingly developed. Pools and lush gardens...
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Strasburg goes from drought watch to warning
2015-08-22 01:42:26| Waste Management - Topix.net
Residents and businesses should take additional, voluntary steps to conserve water, Assistant Town Manager Jay McKinley said in the alert. The town issued a drought watch in late July when river flows dipped to 173 cubic feet per second, just below the threshold set by the state for Strasburg's water treatment plant.
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Study finds climate change makes California's drought worse
2015-08-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Climate change has aggravated California's devastating drought, causing between 8 and 27 percent of the dry conditions afflicting the nation's most populous state, a study released on Thursday has found. The study, published this week in Geophysical Research Letters, is the first paper to estimate how much climate change has exacerbated the state's drought by sending moisture from plants and soils into the air, according to Columbia University, where the lead author works. Researchers examined...
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California is sinking. Blame the drought
2015-08-20 19:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: California is sinking. New data released by NASA reveals that parts of the the Central Valley are sinking faster than previously expected - over two inches a month in some places. Corcoran, home of the California State Prison (and Charles Manson), sank 13 inches in just eight months. The cause, according to officials, is the rapid pumping of groundwater in response to the drought plaguing the state. From the Associated Press: "We are pumping at historic levels," said Mark Cowin, head of...
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