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Huge Gates Take 600-mile Trek to California Dam Site
2014-04-02 17:50:56| ENR.com: Headline News
Twelve massive gates are being shipped and installed as part of the $900-million Folsom Dam Modifications project near Sacramento.
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BASF inaugurates California Research Alliance
2014-04-02 07:00:00| Coatings World Breaking News
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California snow levels remain low, signaling less water for summer
2014-04-02 03:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Snow levels atop California's Sierra Nevada mountains, key indicators of how much water will be available for drought-stricken farms, residents and wildlife this summer, remained precariously low despite recent storms, officials said Tuesday. The snowpack, which melts in the spring and feeds streams and reservoirs throughout the state, has just a third of the amount of water it normally contains this time of year, said Mark Cowin, director of the state Department of Water Resources. "We're already...
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Despite help from late-winter storms, California snowpack only 32 percent of normal
2014-04-01 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Valley Tribune: A string of late-winter storms was not sufficient to knock out the states three-year drought, leaving critical snowpack levels in the Sierra Nevada two-thirds below normal and predictions of a gloomy summer for farmers and many urban communities, state water managers said Tuesday. Though the Northern California snowpack rose from 27 percent of average on March 1 to 32 percent, hopes for a March miracle were dashed as surveyors carrying hand-held probes climbed down from the snow-covered slopes...
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IPCC: Climate Change Is Taking a Growing Toll in California
2014-04-01 17:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KQED: The latest report from the United Nations` Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change focuses on impacts from climate change, both current and looming, and recommendations for how to adapt. It also ratchets up considerably the confidence levels for those predicted impacts. KQED`s Forum hosted a segment on the report Tuesday morning. And the New York Times has this story on the scope of the IPCC`s work, the expected impacts from climate change - hunger, thirst, flooding, violent conflicts, mass...
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