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Drought hastens decline of the Joshua tree, California's desert symbol
2015-06-08 15:05:17| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Under canopies of dead angular branches and drooping fronds, UC Riverside ecologist Cameron Barrows made his way across a forest of skeletal Joshua trees that have not reproduced in decades. As Barrows explained, it's a tough time to be a Joshua tree. Climate change is taking an enormous toll, and the current drought has hastened the decline of a species that is regarded as the symbol of California deserts. "For Joshua trees, hotter, drier conditions are a problem - but a bigger problem is...
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Project pumping desert water for O.C. to begin next year
2015-05-09 06:20:57| Agriculture - Topix.net
Construction for a project that will pump drinking water from a Mojave Desert aquifer and pipe it to south Orange County is slated to begin early next year. Los Angeles-based Cadiz Inc. plans to install wells to capture water from the natural aquifer that lies beneath 70 square miles of remote valley east of Twentynine Palms.
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Powering Pakistan the case for and against UCG in the Thar Desert
2015-04-16 01:00:00| Power Technology
Plans for underground coal gasification (UCG) in the Thar Desert of Pakistan a region prone to drought and famine have drawn fierce criticism from experts and NGOs. Critics say UCG technology is experimental and risks polluting life-sustaining gr
An oasis as drought turns lush California to desert
2015-04-12 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In Rancho Mirage, southern California, lush private gardens flourish in absurd contrast to the parched surrounding landscape. But green lawns like these are under threat, as the drought that has plagued the state since 2012 refuses to let up. In January last year, when rainfall figures for the preceding 12 months slumped to the lowest levels since records began in 1885, governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency. He is now enforcing residential water restrictions after another snowless winter....
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Desert Valley Medical Center First to Use Leaf Healthcare Patient Wearable Technology in Its ED as Part of Hospital-wide Deployment
2015-04-01 12:31:12| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
DVMC is the Second Prime Healthcare Hospital to Adopt Leaf devices PLEASANTON, Calif. Desert Valley Medical Center, named a Top 100 Hospitals in the Nation five times, is the first U.S. hospital to deploy the wireless Leaf Patient Monitoring System in its emergency department to help clinicians prevent hospital...
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