As forecasters sound the alarm about another potentially wet California winter fueled by El Niño, Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking urgent but controversial measures to prevent a repeat of the devastating floods that befell the state earlier this year. An executive order signed by the governor this month will streamline levee repairs and debris removal to help protect and […]
Golf professionals and course owners in the Southwest will meet for the first time to discuss how an industry defined by manicured grass can survive climate change, government water cuts and attract players to fairways and greens nourished with less Colorado River water.
A state water regulators meeting…not the kind of thing that makes you think “I’ve got to be there.” But with new environmental rules on the table for vineyards across Sonoma and Mendocino, there was hardly an empty seat to be found at the latest gathering of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Frank Reichenbacher worries it will soon be over for his Tumamoc globeberry — a rare Sonoran desert vine that features a fruit that looks like a tiny watermelon and tastes like dirt. For 41 years, Reichenbacher, an associate researcher at the University of Arizona’s Tumamoc Desert Lab, has followed the same three patches of the […]
Now that July’s sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin. July’s global average temperature of 16.95 degrees Celsius (62.51 degrees Fahrenheit) was a third of a degree Celsius (six tenths of a degree Fahrenheit) higher than the previous record […]
As Threat of El Niño Winter Looms, Newsom Signs Order to Hasten Levee Repairs
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Los Angeles Timesby Hayley Smith, Ian James, Susanne RustAs forecasters sound the alarm about another potentially wet California winter fueled by El Niño, Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking urgent but controversial measures to prevent a repeat of the devastating floods that befell the state earlier this year. An executive order signed by the governor this month will streamline levee repairs and debris removal to help protect and […]
Golf Course Operators Are Teaming Up to Survive Colorado River Water Cuts and a Future That’s Less Green
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /CPR Newsby Michael Elizabeth SakasGolf professionals and course owners in the Southwest will meet for the first time to discuss how an industry defined by manicured grass can survive climate change, government water cuts and attract players to fairways and greens nourished with less Colorado River water.
California Moves to Expand Reuse of Wastewater for Drinking
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Axios San Francisco by Shawna ChenNew proposed state regulations would allow cities to pipe highly purified wastewater directly into drinking water supplies.
Proposed New Water Rules Aim to Mitigate Impact of Vineyards
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Northern California Public Media by Noah AbramsA state water regulators meeting…not the kind of thing that makes you think “I’ve got to be there.” But with new environmental rules on the table for vineyards across Sonoma and Mendocino, there was hardly an empty seat to be found at the latest gathering of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Long-Term Drought and Near-Term Heat Wave Take Toll on Arizona’s Desert Ecology
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /NBC Newsby Evan BushFrank Reichenbacher worries it will soon be over for his Tumamoc globeberry — a rare Sonoran desert vine that features a fruit that looks like a tiny watermelon and tastes like dirt. For 41 years, Reichenbacher, an associate researcher at the University of Arizona’s Tumamoc Desert Lab, has followed the same three patches of the […]
European Scientists Make it Official. July Was the Hottest Month on Record by Far
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Associated Pressby Seth BorensteinNow that July’s sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin. July’s global average temperature of 16.95 degrees Celsius (62.51 degrees Fahrenheit) was a third of a degree Celsius (six tenths of a degree Fahrenheit) higher than the previous record […]