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Snow retreat will worsen California droughts
2014-11-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: The Golden State is baking. After months of drought in California the long-term forecast is more drought. Rising global temperatures will turn much of the snow that currently replenishes the state's reservoirs to rain, according to modelling studies by Dan Cayan at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. Unlike snow, which melts each spring and recharges California's reservoirs, rain evaporates and soaks into the ground - it dwindles away, he says. Cayan says the Sierra Nevada...
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Not just California: Droughts extend across Americas
2014-10-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: Say drought and Americans are likely to think California, but the Golden State is hardly alone when looking across the Western Hemisphere: A dry spell has killed cattle and wiped out crops in Central America, parts of Colombia have seen rioting over scarce water, and southern Brazil is facing its worst dry spell in 50 years. In the U.S., the few who have taken notice of this wider water scarcity include a former director of the U.S. Geological Survey. Now editor-in-chief of the journal Science,...
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Netafim USA Partners With The Fresno Grizzlies To Address Drought's Impact At Recent Central Valley Water Forum
2014-09-24 13:02:34| dairynetwork Home Page
As worsening drought conditions continue to take a toll on California’s farmers, policymakers and water management experts convened in the state’s Central Valley last week to provide greater insight into the impact of policies, legislation, programs, and technologies as it relates to the region’s drought-stricken agricultural industry
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Britain must be ready 'worst droughts modern times'
2014-09-21 01:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The UK must prepare for the worst droughts in modern times experts will warn this week at a major international conference to discuss the growing global water crisis. As the population continues to grow and water is increasingly scarce, suppliers across Britain simply cannot afford to fail, according to Trevor Bishop, the Environment Agencys deputy director. We need to have more resilience, we need to be able to deal with tougher situations, and we cannot afford to fail. The consequences...
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Study focuses droughts & climate change in Sierra & beyond
2014-08-14 05:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reno Gazette-Journal: The lingering drought now affecting Reno-area water supplies could be a sign of things to come, with scientists now studying how the region might respond to future droughts associated with a warming climate. Researchers with University of Nevada, Reno, the Desert Research Institute and the U.S. Geological Survey are embarking on a $3.8 million project designed to examine the expected impacts of climate change, with the idea of developing policy options to deal with droughts of the future. "These...
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