An El Niño winter is ahead, weather forecasters firmly believe. The question they are pondering is exactly how strong it might be. Locally, the worldwide weather factor is mostly known for directing heavy moisture toward California and the Southwest as temperatures warm several degrees across the eastern and central Pacific Ocean.
Sept. 30 marks the end of a water year to remember in California. With the new water year kicking off Oct. 1, it’s worth looking back at the water year that was from record snowfall to landfalling tropical storms and everything in between.
For years, conversations about the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act – known commonly as SGMA – have largely taken a tone of speculation and even apprehension. The 2014 law, which aims to slow California’s unlimited tapping of underground aquifers, gives locally organized groundwater sustainability agencies until 2042 to overhaul pumping practices for the spectrum of groundwater […]
Less than two months since Mammoth Mountain’s historic ski season concluded, the first snowfall of the new season is set to arrive in the Sierra Nevada. Weather models predict a low-pressure system with Canadian roots will bring cool temperatures and rain showers to the California coast and Central Valley on Saturday. In the Sierra Nevada, […]
The Colorado River crosses seven states and Mexico and is 1,450 miles long – the sixth longest in the nation according to river conservation organization American Rivers. More than a natural spectacle, the river supplies drinking water for one in 10 Americans and just half of the river water nourishes nearly 90% of the nation’s winter vegetable crops.
As dark clouds massed over Kings County on the chilly morning of March 18, scores of panicked farmers and landowners packed the Board of Supervisors chambers in Hanford for a third day of emergency hearings. They were there to hurl accusations and blame and to plead with county leaders to do something to divert the […]
El Niño is Coming, But Will It Be a Super One?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Las Vegas Review-Journal by Marvin ClemonsAn El Niño winter is ahead, weather forecasters firmly believe. The question they are pondering is exactly how strong it might be. Locally, the worldwide weather factor is mostly known for directing heavy moisture toward California and the Southwest as temperatures warm several degrees across the eastern and central Pacific Ocean.
Reviewing the Record-Breaking Water Year in Northern California
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /ABC 10 by Brody AdamsSept. 30 marks the end of a water year to remember in California. With the new water year kicking off Oct. 1, it’s worth looking back at the water year that was from record snowfall to landfalling tropical storms and everything in between.
Nine Years in, California’s Groundwater Sustainability Overhaul is Becoming a Reality
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /KVPRby Kerry KleinFor years, conversations about the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act – known commonly as SGMA – have largely taken a tone of speculation and even apprehension. The 2014 law, which aims to slow California’s unlimited tapping of underground aquifers, gives locally organized groundwater sustainability agencies until 2042 to overhaul pumping practices for the spectrum of groundwater […]
California’s First Snow of Season is Coming to Sierra Ski Resorts
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /San Francisco Chronicle by Anthony Edwards and Jack LeeLess than two months since Mammoth Mountain’s historic ski season concluded, the first snowfall of the new season is set to arrive in the Sierra Nevada. Weather models predict a low-pressure system with Canadian roots will bring cool temperatures and rain showers to the California coast and Central Valley on Saturday. In the Sierra Nevada, […]
Where Does the Colorado River Start? Mapping the Stream From the Headwaters to the Basins.
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /USA Today by Clare MulroyThe Colorado River crosses seven states and Mexico and is 1,450 miles long – the sixth longest in the nation according to river conservation organization American Rivers. More than a natural spectacle, the river supplies drinking water for one in 10 Americans and just half of the river water nourishes nearly 90% of the nation’s winter vegetable crops.
How Powerful Land Barons Shaped the Epic Floods in California’s Heartland
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Los Angeles Timesby Jessica Garrison, Susanne Rust, Ian James, Aida YlananAs dark clouds massed over Kings County on the chilly morning of March 18, scores of panicked farmers and landowners packed the Board of Supervisors chambers in Hanford for a third day of emergency hearings. They were there to hurl accusations and blame and to plead with county leaders to do something to divert the […]