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The Drought is Going to Stick Around for a Third Year in California, Federal Scientists Project

November 19, 2021/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /San Francisco Chronicleby Kurtis Alexander

California is likely to emerge from the winter with little relief from drought, federal climate experts said Thursday, setting the stage for a third year of dry weather and continuing water shortages. The monthly climate report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projects that drought conditions will persist in almost all of California through February. With the next three months historically the state’s wettest, the opportunity for drought recovery is essentially lost.

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California Dreaming: Farmers, Scientists Sustainably Getting by with Less Water

April 5, 2021/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /ABC 7by Tim Sarquis

Water covers 71% of the earth’s surface, but only about 3% percent of it is fresh water, making it the planet’s most precious resource.

But what do you do when water is in danger of going dry?

California’s Central Valley is no stranger to drought, and because of that, farmers and scientists are joining forces to figure out how to get by with less.

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Scientists Say They Can Predict Colorado River’s Annual Water Supply. What Does That Mean for Agriculture, Wildfires?

October 20, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Deseret News (Utah)

Scientists can now predict drought and overall water supply on the Colorado River years in advance, according to a new study published by researchers at Utah State University.

The team of scientists believe long-term “ocean memory,” in conjunction with atmospheric effects and the influence of land systems, correlates with cycles of drought in parts of the western U.S., which then leads to water shortages on the Colorado River.

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PFAS Used by Many Industries Warrant Controls, Scientists Say

October 13, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Bloomberg Lawby Pat Rizzuto

A subset of so-called forever chemicals, used to make thousands of industrial and consumer products, can’t be deemed “low-concern” despite chemical manufacturers’ arguments, a group of international scientists said in a paper released Tuesday.

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Scientists Affirm Adequacy of Kern Fracking Reviews

July 7, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Bakersfield.comby John Cox

Bay Area scientists have signed off on a series of fracking permits in western Kern County, allowing the well-completion technique to proceed after Gov. Gavin Newsom put in place new, time-consuming review procedures prompted by environmental concerns and regulatory conflict-of-interest accusations.

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Some New Climate Models are Projecting Extreme Warming. Are They Correct?

July 6, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Yale Climate Connectionsby Jeff Berardelli

Recent climate models are ‘running hot,’ projecting catastrophic global warming. Puzzled scientists are weighing whether the models need correcting or whether severe warming is a real threat.

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