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California's Drought Could Upend America's Entire Food System
2015-05-05 22:21:02| Agriculture - Topix.net
On April 1, California Governor Jerry Brown stood in a field in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, beige grass stretching out across an area that should have been covered with five feet of snow. The Sierra's snowpack - the frozen well that feeds California's reservoirs and supplies a third of its water - was just eight percent of its yearly average.
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U.S. in longest 'hurricane drought' in recorded history
2015-05-05 16:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: In a stroke of luck, no major hurricanes rated Category 3 or higher have struck U.S. soil during the past nine years, a new study finds. This is the country's longest "hurricane drought" in recorded history, or since 1851, the researchers said. The previous record lull lasted eight years, from 1861 to 1868, they said. Hurricane Wilma, a hurricane that hit Florida in 2005, was the last Category 3 storm to make landfall in the United States. Other storms including Hurricane Ike (Category 2, 2008),...
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Epic Drought Brings Fear Worst Wildfire Season Yet
2015-05-04 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The firefighters are primed, hoses at the ready. May and June are often the peak months for forest fires in the southwest of the U.S., and the outlook for this year is grim. I wish I could have some hope, says Dr Wally Covington, director of the Ecological Restoration Institute at North Arizona University. Its just a terrible situation in southern California. Covington, an internationally recognized expert on forest restoration, says a prolonged drought, higher temperatures and stronger...
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Wheat tour to examine extent of damage from drought, disease
2015-05-02 21:23:14| Agriculture - Topix.net
Farmers and other agriculture industry leaders plan to fan out across Kansas in the coming days to examine the extent of damage to winter wheat from drought, disease and winterkill. The Wheat Quality Council's hard red winter wheat tour this year has already drawn a record number of expected participants with more than 90 people signed up.
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Oil drilling may slow drought recovery in Great Plains
2015-04-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: As the main driver of climate change, the connection between burning fossil fuels and global warming is clear. But evidence shows they may be connected in another way -- the physical footprint of oil and gas development on the landscape may not only contribute to global warming, it may also affect an ecosystem's ability to withstand it. New research shows that an area larger than the land area of Maryland -- more than 11,500 square miles -- was completely stripped of trees, grasses and shrubs...
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