Away from the lights and fountains of the Las Vegas Strip, bulldozers are working overtime as the suburbs of Sin City are bursting out of their seams. Las Vegas is growing at a staggering rate. Clark county, where the city is located, is home to roughly 2.3 million people, but forecasts predict the population could go beyond 4 […]
Farming is in 30-year-old Jace Miller’s blood. “I love my job, it’s the greatest way of life,” Miller said. “It’s the best profession in the world, in my opinion.” His great great grandfather came to Arizona in 1917 and started a farm in Gilbert. Four generations later, Jace is still doing it. But that 100-year […]
Spring is beginning sooner in the United States, with 97 percent of 242 locations across the country experiencing temperature increases since 1970, according to a new analysis from Climate Central. The analysis showed that close to half of the 242 locations have warmed by at least 2 degrees F. Reno, Nevada saw the greatest increase of any […]
As the pressure on California’s water supply grows more intense this summer, another urban area could begin the process of producing their own. The California Coastal Commission is set to vote later this spring on what would be the state’s second major coastal desalination plant in Huntington Beach, south of Los Angeles. Glenn Farrel is […]
California just notched its driest January and February on record, sounding alarms about a third year of record drought. Across the Pacific Ocean, thousands are fleeing record flooding in Australia. Officials in Brisbane reported 31 inches of rain in six days, and Jonathan Howe, a government meteorologist quoted by the Associated Press, called the amount of rainfall […]
Not since Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 A.D. has the American West been so dry. A recent study in Nature Climate Change found the period 2000 to 2021 was the driest 22 years in more than a millennium, attributing a fifth of that anomaly to human-caused climate change. The megadrought has meant more fires, reduced agricultural […]
Record Growth, Record Heat, Record Drought: How Will Las Vegas Weather the Climate Crisis?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Guardianby Gabrielle CanonAway from the lights and fountains of the Las Vegas Strip, bulldozers are working overtime as the suburbs of Sin City are bursting out of their seams. Las Vegas is growing at a staggering rate. Clark county, where the city is located, is home to roughly 2.3 million people, but forecasts predict the population could go beyond 4 […]
Pinal County Farmers Are the First to Feel the Pain of Colorado River Cuts
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Fronterasby Anthony J. WallaceFarming is in 30-year-old Jace Miller’s blood. “I love my job, it’s the greatest way of life,” Miller said. “It’s the best profession in the world, in my opinion.” His great great grandfather came to Arizona in 1917 and started a farm in Gilbert. Four generations later, Jace is still doing it. But that 100-year […]
Spring Is Starting Sooner and Growing Warmer, Analysis Shows
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Yale Environment 360Spring is beginning sooner in the United States, with 97 percent of 242 locations across the country experiencing temperature increases since 1970, according to a new analysis from Climate Central. The analysis showed that close to half of the 242 locations have warmed by at least 2 degrees F. Reno, Nevada saw the greatest increase of any […]
Seawater Desalination Possibly Expanding in California Amid Worsening Drought
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /abc 7 Newsby Mike Nicco and Tim DidionAs the pressure on California’s water supply grows more intense this summer, another urban area could begin the process of producing their own. The California Coastal Commission is set to vote later this spring on what would be the state’s second major coastal desalination plant in Huntington Beach, south of Los Angeles. Glenn Farrel is […]
California Drought, Australia Floods: Two Sides of La Niña Amplified by Climate Change
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Paul DuginskiCalifornia just notched its driest January and February on record, sounding alarms about a third year of record drought. Across the Pacific Ocean, thousands are fleeing record flooding in Australia. Officials in Brisbane reported 31 inches of rain in six days, and Jonathan Howe, a government meteorologist quoted by the Associated Press, called the amount of rainfall […]
Can Cloud Seeding Help Quench the Thirst of the U.S. West?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Yale Environment 360by James DinneenNot since Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 A.D. has the American West been so dry. A recent study in Nature Climate Change found the period 2000 to 2021 was the driest 22 years in more than a millennium, attributing a fifth of that anomaly to human-caused climate change. The megadrought has meant more fires, reduced agricultural […]