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Thirsty birds are dying all over California thanks, climate change
2015-07-17 23:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: You know that historic and disastrous drought currently turning California into one big heap of straw? You know how its probably being exacerbated by climate change? And indicative of the conditions that will become more common as the climate continues to warm? As if that werent bad enough on its own, theres more: All those hot and dry conditions mean that climate change is basically flipping the bird to birds, which are in serious trouble as they make their long migrations over parched California....
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Southern California home sales hit highest level since 2006
2015-07-17 05:57:21| Real Estate - Topix.net
Home sales across Southern California jumped 18 percent in June from a year ago, reaching their highest level since the summer of 2006 and indicating that the long-awaited residential real-estate market comeback is gaining traction, a tracking firm said Thursday. Sales rose by double digits percentage-wise in all six counties last month, said CoreLogic, and it was the biggest year-over-year jump in three years.
Climate Change Meets Drought In California
2015-07-17 02:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Capital Public Radio News: Federal climate scientists say it was a record warm June for California and four other western states. The NOAA State of the Climate report was released July 16. NOAA forecasters said 2014 year was the warmest on record for the state. And climate change research says California will be dryer, with snow coming earlier in the winter and melting sooner in the Sierra Nevada, along with an increase in severe wildfires throughout the western U.S. Jay Famiglietti is a Senior Water Scientist with NASA's...
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Water everywhere but California
2015-07-16 19:50:00| Beef
The California drought is estimated to cause direct costs of $1.8 billion, about 4% of Californias $45 billion ag economy. In contrast, Texas has been deluged with rain, causing a huge amount of damage and tragic loss of life. Meat Matters read more
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After Years of Drought, Wildfires Rage in California
2015-07-16 12:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Lake Fire started just before 4 p.m. on June 17. If rain and snow had arrived as scheduled in the winter, it might have been done in a day, at a cost of just a few acres. But with the drought turning soil to dust and trees to tinder, the fire, still smoking, has consumed a swath of national forest roughly the size of San Francisco. It has become the first big wildfire of a California season that threatens to become a terror. Between Jan. 1 and July 11, California fire officials have responded...
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