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Drought's Dividend
2015-05-13 01:59:55| ENR.com: Headline News
Since California has always been a magnet for immigrants, it shouldn't have surprised me that, over the years, so many of my closest relationsmy sister, parents, ex-wife and sonmigrated there from New York City, our home turf.
Climate Change Makes Droughts in Australia Worse
2015-04-05 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Climate change is making drought conditions in southwest and southeast Australia worse, with serious ramifications for people's health and the agriculture industry, a new paper has warned. The Climate Council report says projected decreases in average rainfall are linked to reduced agricultural productivity and increased suicide risk in rural areas. The Climate Council report states that since the mid-1990s, southeast Australia has experienced a 15 percent drop in rainfall during late autumn and...
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The many droughts of California
2015-04-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: CALIFORNIA has only two seasons, rainy and dry. In March, when the rains stop assuming they have begun we must forget about precipitation for at least six months. The rainfall determines our mood for the summer and fall. Where I live, on the Central Coast, 17 inches of rain per winter has been the long-term average. Beating that number we last did it five years ago feels like winning the lottery. Lately, the average has been well under 10. The difference between a good rain year in California...
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Californias terrifying forecast: In future, it could face droughts nearly every year
2015-03-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Not long ago, scientists at NASA and two major universities warned of an inevitable megadrought that will parch the southwestern United States for 35 years, starting around 2050. By then, a new study says, Californians should be fairly accustomed to long, harsh and dry conditions. Over the past 15 years, temperatures have been rising in the Golden State, resulting in annual periods of extreme and blazing heat, while the cycle of low and moderate precipitation cycles have not changed since 1977....
Climate Forecast: More Southwest Droughts & Australia Flood
2015-01-26 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: People living around the Pacific Ocean, including in parts of Asia, Australia, and western North and South America, should expect wilder climate swings in the 21st century. Extreme versions of El Nio and La Nia, the sibling Pacific weather patterns that can translate into torrential rains or searing droughts, will likely occur nearly twice as oftenapproximately once every decadeif greenhouse gases continue increasing on their current trajectory, an international team of scientists has concluded....
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