Droughts sparked deadly wildfires, killed tens of millions of trees and damaged crops and livestock in large regions of the U.S. in 2016. Major regional droughts hit the U.S. this year in the Southeast, California and New England—and all developed differently.
That’s not Police Chief Martin Brody of Amity Islands from the 1975 movie Jaws. Wrong coast. Wrong century. Curt Schmutte, a consultant to the Metropolitan Municipal Water District of Southern California, recently saw a shark warning on a sign at a bait shop along the Sacramento River – easily a good 30 miles inland from […]
Giant ‘rivers in the sky’ – that can carry up to 15 times the amount of water in the Mississippi River – can virtually wipe out species when they dump vast amounts of rain over a short period, causing some of the world’s worst floods, according to new research.And the problem is set to get […]
Welcomed by farm and water leaders as a balanced solution, significant federal legislation authorizing $558 million worth of drought-relief actions for California heads to the president after passage in Congress. The bipartisan drought legislation, part of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, or WIIN, invests in California water storage and desalination projects, and […]
Assemblyman Jim Frazier announced Wednesday an effort to combat recently approved federal legislation that would maximize water exports from the Delta to Southern California agriculture. “As a defender of the Delta, I plan to introduce legislation to further protect the Delta and those who rely on all it has to offer,” Frazier said in a news release […]
The most severe drought in living memory did a number on California’s blue oaks. A new study by UC Berkeley researchers shows how even centuries-old trees struggled when landscape water disappeared between 2012 and 2015. Some showed stress by producing miniature leaves, some by shedding leaves, and some simply died.
Large Regions of U.S. Damaged By Drought In 2016
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Wall Street Journalby Cameron Mcwhirter and Jim CarltonDroughts sparked deadly wildfires, killed tens of millions of trees and damaged crops and livestock in large regions of the U.S. in 2016. Major regional droughts hit the U.S. this year in the Southeast, California and New England—and all developed differently.
Donald Trump Was Right: Tiny Fish Can Cause Big Water Supply Problems
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /EnviroMedia, Inc. (Austin, Texas) by Valerie Salinas-DavisThat’s not Police Chief Martin Brody of Amity Islands from the 1975 movie Jaws. Wrong coast. Wrong century. Curt Schmutte, a consultant to the Metropolitan Municipal Water District of Southern California, recently saw a shark warning on a sign at a bait shop along the Sacramento River – easily a good 30 miles inland from […]
Massive ‘Rivers In The Sky’ Will Bring More Deadly Floods Due Global Warming
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Independentby Ian JohnstonGiant ‘rivers in the sky’ – that can carry up to 15 times the amount of water in the Mississippi River – can virtually wipe out species when they dump vast amounts of rain over a short period, causing some of the world’s worst floods, according to new research.And the problem is set to get […]
Federal Drought Legislation Passes Overwhelmingly
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /AgAlert (California Farm Bureau Foundation)by Christine SouzaWelcomed by farm and water leaders as a balanced solution, significant federal legislation authorizing $558 million worth of drought-relief actions for California heads to the president after passage in Congress. The bipartisan drought legislation, part of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, or WIIN, invests in California water storage and desalination projects, and […]
Oaklaey: Assemblyman Frazier Urges Obama To Veto Controversial Water Bill
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The San Jose Mercury Newsby Aaron DavisAssemblyman Jim Frazier announced Wednesday an effort to combat recently approved federal legislation that would maximize water exports from the Delta to Southern California agriculture. “As a defender of the Delta, I plan to introduce legislation to further protect the Delta and those who rely on all it has to offer,” Frazier said in a news release […]
Drought Strikes Centuries-Old California Oaks
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Phys.org (Douglas, Isle Of Man, U.K.)by Kathleen WongThe most severe drought in living memory did a number on California’s blue oaks. A new study by UC Berkeley researchers shows how even centuries-old trees struggled when landscape water disappeared between 2012 and 2015. Some showed stress by producing miniature leaves, some by shedding leaves, and some simply died.