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California governor OKs bills to regulate groundwater amid drought
2014-09-16 22:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California Governor Jerry Brown signed a package of bills on Tuesday to regulate California's stressed groundwater supplies amid a drought that is expected to cost the state $2.2 billion in lost crops, jobs and other damages, with no end in sight. The bills will allow the state to take over management of underground aquifers and water accessed via wells, and aim to tighten oversight of water at a time when groundwater levels are shrinking in the third year of a catastrophic drought. "We have to...
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Drought Bites as Amazons Flying Rivers Dry Up
2014-09-14 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Truthdig: The unprecedented drought now affecting So Paulo, South Americas giant metropolis, is believed to be caused by the absence of the flying rivers-the vapour clouds from the Amazon that normally bring rain to the centre and south of Brazil. Some Brazilian scientists say the absence of rain that has dried up rivers and reservoirs in central and southeast Brazil is not just a quirk of nature, but a change brought about by a combination of the continuing deforestation of the Amazon and global warming....
Brazil drought crisis leads to rationing and tensions
2014-09-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: From his front door to the banks of the Cantareira reservoir, José Christiano da Silva used to stroll only a hundred metres when he first moved to the area in 2009. Today, amid the worst drought in So Paulo's history, he must now trek a kilometre across the dried-up bed before he reaches what's left of the most important water supply for South America's biggest city. "It's frightening to look at," says the retiree, standing on cracked mud. "In the past, we'd already be under water here." After...
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Spotlight on green news & views: Bar arbunga all fired up, the impact of drought on civilization
2014-09-07 05:09:51| Beverages - Topix.net
Many environmentally related posts appearing at Daily Kos each week don't attract the attention they deserve. To help get more eyeballs, Spotlight on Green News & Views appears twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
California's 100-year drought
2014-09-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: California is in the third year of one of the state's worst droughts in the past century, one that's led to fierce wildfires, water shortages and restrictions, and potentially staggering agricultural losses. The dryness in California is only part of a longer-term, 15-year drought across most of the Western USA, one that bioclimatologist Park Williams said is notable because "more area in the West has persistently been in drought during the past 15 years than in any other 15-year period since the...
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