[ad_1] For the second year in a row, the climate pattern known as La Niña has evolved in the Pacific Ocean, and it will likely take longer. severe drought WhileRead More
Tag: Drought
As Drought Conditions Worse, California Extends State of Emergency
[ad_1] California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday issued a statement extending the drought emergency statewide, asking residents to redouble their water conservation efforts in an extremely dry year when wildfiresRead More
How San Diego Has Water Despite A Punishing Drought
[ad_1] After that, the San Diegos took a collective vow: Never again. In 1996, the San Diego County Water Authority struck a key agreement to purchase water from farmers inRead More
Arizona’s Mega Drought Tests Hopi Tribe’s Resilience
[ad_1] MOENKOPI, Ariz. — On the dry plateau where the Hopi people have lived for over a thousand years, Robinson Honani pulled his truck to the side of the dirtRead More
Utah’s Air Quality Deteriorates During Drought
[ad_1] SALT LAKE CITY – Kevin Perry had just started his morning routine and was out to get the newspaper when he realized there was something wrong with the sky.Read More
‘The Worst Thing I Can Remember’: How Drought Is Crushing
[ad_1] TOWNER, ND – Darrell Rice stood in a cornfield he planted in early June to be harvested in the fall and chopped up to feed the hundreds of cowsRead More
Western Drought Will Last in the Fall or Longer
[ad_1] The severe drought that afflicts much of the western half of the United States in the spring and summer will continue into at least the late fall, government forecastersRead More
Encountering Severe Drought, Developers Try to Reuse the Water They Have
[ad_1] San Francisco has been at the forefront of conserving water. A 2012 regulation set standards for reuse, and was updated in 2015 to require more than 250,000 square feetRead More
Montana’s Famous Trouts Under Threat as Drought Fissures
[ad_1] For example, on the Big Hole River this year, in one of the most popular areas, a census in May found 400 brown trout per mile, up from 1,800Read More
Drought Hits the Southwest, and New Mexico’s Canals Are Drying
[ad_1] LEDOUX, NM — Ledoux, a remote village nestled in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, has relied on a network of irrigation ditches to irrigate its crops for more thanRead More