One year later, the shade balls dumped in the Los Angeles Reservoir have proven to be successful in saving water, according to the L.A. Department of Water and Power. In August of last year, L.A. officials released an additional 20,000 balls into the Los Angeles Reservoir, bringing the total number of balls in use to […]
California is now five years deep into one of its most severe droughts on record, and scientists are continually probing the different factors that affect the state’s climate, and how much those are related to the overall warming of the globe. Increasingly, this means looking back into the past for clues about how the region has […]
I drove out past Merced last year to see a dairy farmer testing a new idea. He irrigated 40 acres of feed corn with drip lines, which are much more common in orchards and vineyards than annual crops. The lines did more than conserve water. They delivered fertilizer, in the form of nitrogen-rich wastewater from […]
The California Supreme Court has ruled that a Southern California water supplier can go ahead with the purchase of five Delta Islands, regardless of the opposition and lawsuit against it. Metropolitan Water District (MWD) will go ahead with the $175 million sale of the Delta Islands as ruled by the Supreme Court. Since MWD initiated […]
Greenhouse gases trapped in the upper atmosphere are acting like natural climatic forces that made some ancient droughts last for 1,000 years, UCLA researchers say. Global warming created by these gases could be making a more arid climate, like what California has seen in its current five-year drought, “the new normal,” said UCLA geography professor […]
California’s ‘Shade Balls’ Deemed Successful in Saving Water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Weather Network by Dalia IbrahimOne year later, the shade balls dumped in the Los Angeles Reservoir have proven to be successful in saving water, according to the L.A. Department of Water and Power. In August of last year, L.A. officials released an additional 20,000 balls into the Los Angeles Reservoir, bringing the total number of balls in use to […]
Think California’s Current Drought is Bad? Past Incarnations Have Lasted Hundreds of Years
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Washington Postby Chelsea HarveyCalifornia is now five years deep into one of its most severe droughts on record, and scientists are continually probing the different factors that affect the state’s climate, and how much those are related to the overall warming of the globe. Increasingly, this means looking back into the past for clues about how the region has […]
Cal Fire: Dying Trees Are State’s Largest Natural Disaster
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KCRA (Sacramento)by Kristen SimoesAs the California drought persists, dying trees are slowly becoming the state’s largest natural disaster, Cal Fire said.
Group Studies New Way of Dealing With Dairy Wastewater
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Modesto Beeby John HollandI drove out past Merced last year to see a dairy farmer testing a new idea. He irrigated 40 acres of feed corn with drip lines, which are much more common in orchards and vineyards than annual crops. The lines did more than conserve water. They delivered fertilizer, in the form of nitrogen-rich wastewater from […]
Delta Island Purchase Gets Go Ahead by State Supreme Court
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Northern California Recordby Dawn GeskeThe California Supreme Court has ruled that a Southern California water supplier can go ahead with the purchase of five Delta Islands, regardless of the opposition and lawsuit against it. Metropolitan Water District (MWD) will go ahead with the $175 million sale of the Delta Islands as ruled by the Supreme Court. Since MWD initiated […]
Global Warming Could Make The Drought Last For a Century, Says UCLA Study
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Gabriel Valley Tribune (Monrovia)by Steve ScauzilloGreenhouse gases trapped in the upper atmosphere are acting like natural climatic forces that made some ancient droughts last for 1,000 years, UCLA researchers say. Global warming created by these gases could be making a more arid climate, like what California has seen in its current five-year drought, “the new normal,” said UCLA geography professor […]