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Report: 2 Articles on California water problems
KUNC: The Colorado River Basin’s Worsening Dryness In Five Numbers. Dry conditions are the worst they’ve been in almost 20 years across the Colorado River watershed, which acts as the drinking and irrigation water supply for 40 million people in the American Southwest. As the latest round of […]
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Study: California’s Rainy Season Now Starts a Month Later Than It Used To
Yale Climate Connection: California’s Rainy Season Now Starts a Month Later Than It Used To. The start of California’s rainy season has been getting progressively later in recent decades, and now begins a month after it did just 60 years ago, shifting from November to December, according to a new […]
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The Ongoing Collapse of the World’s Aquifers
Wired: The Ongoing Collapse of the World’s Aquifers. When humans over-exploit underground water supplies, the ground collapses like a huge empty water bottle. It’s called subsidence, and it could affect 1.6 billion people by 2040.
AS CALIFORNIA’S ECONOMY skyrocketed during the 20th century, its land headed in the opposite direction. A booming […]
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Study: Wildfires having devastating effect on air quality in western US
The Guardian: Wildfires having devastating effect on air quality in western US, study finds. Blazes, intensified by the climate crisis, are reversing decades of gains in cutting air pollution, scientists report.
Increasingly ferocious wildfires in the western US are taking a devastating toll on the region’s air quality, with […]
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Study: The Ongoing Collapse of the World’s Aquifers
Wired: The Ongoing Collapse of the World’s Aquifers. When humans over-exploit underground water supplies, the ground collapses like a huge empty water bottle. It’s called subsidence, and it could affect 1.6 billion people by 2040.
AS CALIFORNIA’S ECONOMY skyrocketed during the 20th century, its land headed in the opposite direction. A […]
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The Plan to Build a Global Network of Floating Power Stations
Wired: The Plan to Build a Global Network of Floating Power Stations. A lot of thermal energy is trapped in the ocean. An ex-NASA researcher has figured out how it might generate unlimited clean power for aquatic robots.
EARLY LAST YEAR, just a few weeks before the pandemic brought life in […]
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California’s sequoias and redwoods can survive climate change—if we help them
National Geographic: California’s sequoias and redwoods can survive climate change—if we help them. The worst fire season yet pushed the iconic trees to their limits. “There’s a future for these trees,” an expert says. But it will require dealing with 100 plus years of fire and climate mismanagement.
ON A […]
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Report: Watch out LA: Feds calculate riskiest, safest places in US
AP News discusses Watch out LA: Feds calculate riskiest, safest places in US.
Spending her life in Los Angeles, Morgan Andersen knows natural disasters all too well. In college, an earthquake shook her home hard. Her grandfather was affected by recent wildfires in neighboring Orange County.
“It’s just […]
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In Boost for Renewables, Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is on the Rise
Yale Environment 360 discusses In Boost for Renewables, Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is on the Rise. Driven by technological advances, facilities are being built with storage systems that can hold enough renewable energy to power hundreds of thousands of homes. The advent of “big battery” technology addresses a key challenge […]
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