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Water Windfall Found in Drought-Stricken California
2016-06-27 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Californias Central Valley has three times more freshwater in underground aquifers than previously thought, drinking water that could help the state weather future drought and fortify itself against a changing climate, according to a new Stanford University study. But tapping that water, locked thousands of feet beneath the ground, will be expensive and comes with an enormous risk it could cause the valley floor to sink, according to the study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National...
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In California Farming Heartland, Study Finds Drilling and Fracking into Freshwater Formations
2016-06-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Oil and gas development, including hydraulic fracturing, occurs in as many as one in five underground sources of fresh water in California's farming heartland, according to a new study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study by Stanford scientists assessed the amount of groundwater that could be used for irrigation and drinking supplies in five counties of California's agricultural Central Valley, as well as the three coastal counties encompassing Los...
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California Snowpack Won't Recover From Drought For Years
2016-06-27 07:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Capital Public Radio: The winter of 2015 capped four years of drought that resulted in an unprecedented water deficit in Sierra Nevada snowpack. Much of Californias water comes from snowmelt. Researchers at UCLA say in a new study, that this winters strong El Nio didnt make up for that deficit. They found that even if the state gets above-average precipitation, it will take until 2019 to recover. Scientists used NASA satellite and snow survey data to assess snowpack. This gave them a better and more accurate picture...
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Firefighters begin to get deadly California blaze under control
2016-06-26 18:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Firefighters have begun to contain a wildfire in central California that has killed at least two people and destroyed 200 structures, fire officials said on Sunday, as six other blazes raged in the state in an already intense wildfire season. The intense conflagration known as Erskine, about 110 miles (180 km) north of Los Angeles, has melted steel, exploded structures and reduced homes to ash. The Erskine fire is 10 percent contained after ripping through 36,810 acres - or nearly 60 square...
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Deadly California wildfire has destroyed 150 homes, more threatened
2016-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A massive wildfire burning out of control in the foothills of central California has left at least 150 homes in ruins and damaged another 75, officials said on Saturday, warning that more residents may be forced to flee the advancing flames. The so-called Erskine fire, which broke out on Thursday some 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Bakersfield in Kern County, has already claimed at least two lives, sent three firefighters to the hospital and forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes. ...
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