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Californias drought & weird warm blob in Pacific that may be fueling it
2015-04-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post: This figure shows the anomaly in surface temperatures off the coast of Washington in Oregon in April 2014. The green sections are less than 1 degree Celsius warmer than the 1981-2010 averages, while the orange sections are 1.5 degrees or more above average. (NOAA) The Blob sounds like a monster in a movie (in fact, it was, twice) -- a mysterious, watery presence that disrupts wildlife, causes the weather to go haywire and sends humans into a panic. But unlike its horror film predecessors,...
The bright side of Californias drought: More solar power
2015-04-10 01:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: As the four-year-long California drought goes from terrible to catastrophic, its hard to find any good news. Love almonds? Im so sorry for your loss. Water-hungry almond growers have begun to abandon hope, as evidenced by stacks of almond firewood on sale at Whole Foods. Farmers have started to sell water to cities rather than use it to grow crops. Many migrant laborers are out of work because there are fewer crops to plant or harvest. Fish are threatened by record-low runoff, possibly spelling...
What Record-Breaking Drought Means for California's Future
2015-04-09 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Wildfires, water rationing and snow-free mountaintops are all becoming the new norm in California. The Golden State is experiencing the most severe drought on record, and research suggests the conditions will only worsen in the coming decades. "Climate change is going to lead to overall much drier conditions toward the end of the 21st century than anything we've seen in probably the last 1,000 years," said Benjamin Cook, a climatologist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New...
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7 things know about Californias drought
2015-04-06 20:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: There`s been a lot of talk lately about the drought in California, especially since this past week, when Gov. Jerry Brown introduced mandatory water cuts for the first time in the state`s history. So what exactly makes this drought so bad? And what are people doing about it? Here are a few important points to keep in mind: Drought is the norm in California. How bad is this one? There are always wet years and dry years, but the past three years have been among the driest on record -- and state officials...
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Californias wasteful water habits run up against a dry future and past
2015-04-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: You dont know youre in a megadrought until youre many years, if not decades, into one. So conditions in California could still turn around (which could lead to a shock to trance effect on water conservation efforts). But lots of signs are pointing to the current extraordinary dry spell, likely exacerbated by heat from human-driven climate change, taking California into conditions unexperienced since long before the states water-dependent economy exploded during Gov. Jerry Browns fathers...
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