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Some California Farmers Pay for Groundwater. Is That Workable?

/in , , /by /The New York Timesby Soumya Karlamangla

California’s Central Coast is an expensive place to grow food. The Pajaro Valley, which stretches for 10 miles along the coast of Monterey Bay, charges farmers for irrigation water from wells, a system that’s far different from elsewhere in the nation, where growers typically water their crops by freely pumping groundwater.

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La Niña, Which Worsens Hurricanes and Drought, is Gone

/in , , /by /AP Newsby Seth Borenstein

After three nasty years, the La Niña weather phenomenon that increases Atlantic hurricane activity and worsens western drought is gone, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.

That’s usually good news for the United States and other parts of the world, including drought-stricken northeast Africa, scientists said.

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