If trees could talk about the weather, Dave Meko would be out of a job. Meko, a professor from the University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree Ring Research, has made a career out of interpreting stories about rainfall, stream flows, climate patterns and most importantly, droughts silently hidden within California’s ancient pine trees.
Haven’t these chilly mornings and evenings felt nice? Don’t take the drizzle and gray for granted. That marine layer is expected to dissipate this weekend as a serious heat wave threatening to break high-temperature records lands in Los Angeles. “There is a very real chance that this heat wave will be one for the record books,” […]
Wednesday will be a day of reckoning for California water wholesalers like Southern California’s Metropolitan Water District (MWD). They have to prove to the state that they have enough water to get through three more years of drought. If they don’t, they need to figure out how much they need to save. It’s a big […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Padma Nagappan Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
San Diego imports 80 percent of its water, with the Colorado River supplying about 63 percent, and 20 percent coming from Sierra Nevada runoff funneled from northern California via the State Water Project. The remaining 17 percent comes from local sources – a mix of rainwater, groundwater, desalination and recycled water. While these numbers vary […]
How Long Can Droughts Last? Los Angeles County’s Trees May Have the Answer
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Gabriel Valley Tribuneby Steve ScauzilloIf trees could talk about the weather, Dave Meko would be out of a job. Meko, a professor from the University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree Ring Research, has made a career out of interpreting stories about rainfall, stream flows, climate patterns and most importantly, droughts silently hidden within California’s ancient pine trees.
Heat Wave — ‘One for the Record Books’ — to Slam LA
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Curbed LAby Jenna ChandlerHaven’t these chilly mornings and evenings felt nice? Don’t take the drizzle and gray for granted. That marine layer is expected to dissipate this weekend as a serious heat wave threatening to break high-temperature records lands in Los Angeles. “There is a very real chance that this heat wave will be one for the record books,” […]
Do Southern California Water Wholesalers Have Enough Supply for 3 More Years of Drought?
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /89.3 KPCC (Pasadena)by Emily GuerinWednesday will be a day of reckoning for California water wholesalers like Southern California’s Metropolitan Water District (MWD). They have to prove to the state that they have enough water to get through three more years of drought. If they don’t, they need to figure out how much they need to save. It’s a big […]
BLOG: What Climate Change Means for San Diego’s Water
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Padma Nagappan Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthoritySan Diego imports 80 percent of its water, with the Colorado River supplying about 63 percent, and 20 percent coming from Sierra Nevada runoff funneled from northern California via the State Water Project. The remaining 17 percent comes from local sources – a mix of rainwater, groundwater, desalination and recycled water. While these numbers vary […]