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Jon Stewart: Its Time to Get Real About Californias Epic Drought
2015-06-11 17:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: As you know California is going through a historic unprecedented dry spell and Im talking about original movie ideas. Boom!, says Stewart, poking fun at Hollywood and the highly anticipated release of yet another Jurassic movie next month. Then, Stewart gets serious. No, I am talking about the catastrophic four-year drought. Californias reservoirs are empty, snowpack is gone, what little water remains is controlled by a ruthless, disfigured warlord, doling out precious moisture from his mountain...
California drought grips tourist magnet Yosemite
2015-06-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: It is one of America's most popular natural wonders. But even Yosemite National Park cannot escape the drought ravaging California, now in its fourth year and fueling growing concern. At first glance, the spectacular beauty of the park with its soaring cliffs and picture-postcard valley floor remains unblemished, still enchanting the millions of tourists who flock the landmark every year. But on closer inspection, the drought's effects are clearly visible. The towering 8,840-foot (2,695-meter)...
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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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Can Calif create enduring drought relief?
2015-06-08 15:05:17| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Gov. Jerry Brown responds to a question after a meeting to discuss the drought's effect on business. A recent poll shows widespread support for Brown's order to cut water consumption. Gov. Jerry Brown responds to a question after a meeting to discuss the drought's effect on business. A recent poll shows widespread support for Brown's order to cut water consumption. On the perennially vexing subjects of water and the drought, Gov. Jerry Brown has been on something of a roll. In November,...
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California drought: No rain, but 'the sky is not falling.'
2015-06-08 15:05:17| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The Santa Ana River is a robust and beautiful sight these days. Five miles west of the Prado Dam in Yorba Linda, the water has cut a narrow channel in a sandy bed and courses briskly over submerged rocks and tree limbs. The water is a complicated cocktail that comes from many sources. As it flows 96 miles from its headwaters to the ocean, it provides a glimpse of the future: a picture of water management set into place nearly 50 years ago that can be seen as a model for California's long effort...
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