The window is closing on California’s opportunity to have El Niño put a significant dent in the state’s epic drought — which one study has shown to be the most severe in 1,200 years. Snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada range, a significant source of the state’s water, is definitely doing better than it did in […]
The water level at Lake Tahoe continues to rise, but a dry February is putting the brakes on the heavy snowpack that was fueling relief earlier this winter from four years of drought on both sides of the Sierra. Lake Tahoe has risen to within about 9 inches of its natural rim, but that’s still […]
NASA is breaking down the effects of El Nino across California and what the state should expect next. The agency says there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that warm El Nino water is still present in the Pacific, so there is still time to get some good El Nino storms in […]
California Democrats are so predictable, they’re like a broken record playing a bad song over and over. Every election cycle they propose “new” legislation or hype their “prior efforts” to help solve our state’s water-supply crisis. This time Sen. Dianne Feinstein is proposing “new” legislation that would do nothing to solve the underlying causes of […]
Unless you’ve been hibernating with Punxsutawney Phil this winter, chances are that you know about El Niño, a periodic warming in surface ocean temperatures across the central and east-central equatorial Pacific Ocean, which has been altering weather across the globe. The effects have ranged from wildfire-causing droughts in Indonesia to ocean storms off the coast […]
Earlier this month a report from California’s agriculture department found that even despite severe drought conditions, California’s farmers had record sales of $53.5 billion in 2014. “With the punishing drought entering its fifth year, the figures are sure to stoke tensions between farmers on one side and, on the other, city-dwellers and environmentalists, who complain […]
BLOG: California Almost Out Of Time for El Niño Drought Relief
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Discover Magazineby By Tom YulsmanThe window is closing on California’s opportunity to have El Niño put a significant dent in the state’s epic drought — which one study has shown to be the most severe in 1,200 years. Snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada range, a significant source of the state’s water, is definitely doing better than it did in […]
Lake Tahoe Level Rises But Mild Weather Puts Brakes On Sierra Snowpack
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /CBS (San Francisco)The water level at Lake Tahoe continues to rise, but a dry February is putting the brakes on the heavy snowpack that was fueling relief earlier this winter from four years of drought on both sides of the Sierra. Lake Tahoe has risen to within about 9 inches of its natural rim, but that’s still […]
El Nino: NASA Describes What California Should Expect Next
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /ABC 30 (Fresno)by By Leslie LopezNASA is breaking down the effects of El Nino across California and what the state should expect next. The agency says there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that warm El Nino water is still present in the Pacific, so there is still time to get some good El Nino storms in […]
OPINION: Feinstein and Costa Sound Like Broken Records
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Fresno BeeCalifornia Democrats are so predictable, they’re like a broken record playing a bad song over and over. Every election cycle they propose “new” legislation or hype their “prior efforts” to help solve our state’s water-supply crisis. This time Sen. Dianne Feinstein is proposing “new” legislation that would do nothing to solve the underlying causes of […]
Will Weakening El Nino Give Way to La Nina?
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Discovery Newsby By Patrick J. KigerUnless you’ve been hibernating with Punxsutawney Phil this winter, chances are that you know about El Niño, a periodic warming in surface ocean temperatures across the central and east-central equatorial Pacific Ocean, which has been altering weather across the globe. The effects have ranged from wildfire-causing droughts in Indonesia to ocean storms off the coast […]
BLOG: Drought’s Economic Impact on Farmers
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by By Tara LohanEarlier this month a report from California’s agriculture department found that even despite severe drought conditions, California’s farmers had record sales of $53.5 billion in 2014. “With the punishing drought entering its fifth year, the figures are sure to stoke tensions between farmers on one side and, on the other, city-dwellers and environmentalists, who complain […]