For those with a financial stake in water, drought can mean boom or bust, depending on the investment. And even without a specific market to trade water, there are numerous ways to invest in it – from buying land with water rights to stocks in water-dependent companies to municipal bonds. Take Michael Burry, for instance, the […]
Two growing seasons after the engineered spring flood of the Colorado River Delta in 2014, the delta’s birds, plants and groundwater continue to benefit, according to the latest monitoring report prepared for the International Boundary and Water Commission by a binational University of Arizona-led team. “This short-term event has had lasting consequences. This really demonstrates […]
We are far from out of the woods when it comes to California’s historic drought. But forecasters gave a glimmer of hope with the first winter weather prediction of the season.The forecast doesn’t bode well for seeing major drought relief and actually may expand the drought a bit in the southeast. But while we have […]
Federal forecasters predict this winter may paint the U.S. in stripes of different weather: Warmer and drier than normal in the south, and colder and wetter than usual in the far north. The National Weather Service winter outlook , issued Thursday, gets murky in the nation’s middle belt, with no particular expectation for trends in […]
Remember the California drought? It was all over the news a year ago, when the state took the unprecedented step of mandating statewide water cutbacks. The Sierra Nevada snowpack was at its lowest recorded level. Rivers and reservoirs were getting shallower and shallower. Wells in rural towns were literally running dry. That drought is still […]
For those with a financial stake in water, drought can mean boom or bust, depending on the investment. And even without a specific market to trade water, there are numerous ways to invest in it – from buying land with water rights to stocks in water-dependent companies to municipal bonds. Take Michael Burry, for instance, the hedge […]
BLOG: The Big Shortage: How Drought Is Impacting Water Investment Markets
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Tara LohanFor those with a financial stake in water, drought can mean boom or bust, depending on the investment. And even without a specific market to trade water, there are numerous ways to invest in it – from buying land with water rights to stocks in water-dependent companies to municipal bonds. Take Michael Burry, for instance, the […]
Colorado River Delta Flows Help Birds, Plants, Groundwater
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Phys.org (United Kingdom)Two growing seasons after the engineered spring flood of the Colorado River Delta in 2014, the delta’s birds, plants and groundwater continue to benefit, according to the latest monitoring report prepared for the International Boundary and Water Commission by a binational University of Arizona-led team. “This short-term event has had lasting consequences. This really demonstrates […]
Does Wet Start To Season Bode Well For California’s Drought?
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /CBS Sacramentoby Lisa MeadowsWe are far from out of the woods when it comes to California’s historic drought. But forecasters gave a glimmer of hope with the first winter weather prediction of the season.The forecast doesn’t bode well for seeing major drought relief and actually may expand the drought a bit in the southeast. But while we have […]
Winter Outlook: Warm South; Cooler North; Murky In Middle
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /McClatchyDC (Washington, D.C.)by Seth BorensteinFederal forecasters predict this winter may paint the U.S. in stripes of different weather: Warmer and drier than normal in the south, and colder and wetter than usual in the far north. The National Weather Service winter outlook , issued Thursday, gets murky in the nation’s middle belt, with no particular expectation for trends in […]
California’s Dire Drought Message Wanes, Conservation Levels Drop
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /NPRby Nathan RottRemember the California drought? It was all over the news a year ago, when the state took the unprecedented step of mandating statewide water cutbacks. The Sierra Nevada snowpack was at its lowest recorded level. Rivers and reservoirs were getting shallower and shallower. Wells in rural towns were literally running dry. That drought is still […]
Here’s How the Drought Is Impacting Investment Markets
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KQED (San Francisco)by Tara LohanFor those with a financial stake in water, drought can mean boom or bust, depending on the investment. And even without a specific market to trade water, there are numerous ways to invest in it – from buying land with water rights to stocks in water-dependent companies to municipal bonds. Take Michael Burry, for instance, the hedge […]